is: meaning and words from its letters
2 letters · 2 letter points · starts with I · ends with S
Meaning of is
verb
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
third-person singular simple present indicative of be
Base or related entry: be.
Example: He is a doctor.
- colloquial
Used in phrases with existential there (also here and where) when the semantic subject is plural.
Example: There is three of them there.
- dialectal, form-of, indicative, present
present indicative of be; am, are, is.
Base or related entry: be.
Listed forms: ees, iz.
Source: Wiktionary — is.
pron
- Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Alternative spelling of us (“me”).
Base or related entry: us.
Source: Wiktionary — is.
noun
- alt-of, alternative, rare
Alternative form of i's.
Base or related entry: i's.
Source: Wiktionary — is.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is is in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of is
I(1) + S(1) = 2 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of is
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from is
0 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in is. Showing up to 24, longest first.
No shorter word of at least two letters was found.