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Irising

i 1r 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 2

About 3 syllables

noun · 7 letters · Rare · form of iris

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does irising mean?

noun

  1. plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

    Synonymsflagsword lily

  2. muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye

  3. diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening

    Synonymsiris diaphragm

Definitions shown for iris, the base form of irising.

Is IRISING a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is IRISING worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
i 1r 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

10 pts
i 1r 1i 1s 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

9 pts
i 1r 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

10 pts
i 1r 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in IRISING

Anagrams 1

nigiris

Words that end like IRISING

Common words that share the ending -ISING, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

advisingpromisingsurprisingarisingdevisingrevisingcomprisingdemisingexcisinguprisingdespisingpremisingsurmisingchastisingtrellisingfranchisingadvertisingrisingexercisingsupervisingvisingtelevisingimprovisingcircumcising
All words ending in -ISING

Irising: quick answers

Is IRISING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. IRISING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is IRISING worth?
IRISING scores 8 points in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends, 9 in Wordfeud and 10 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does irising mean?
irising is related to iris, which means “plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in IRISING?
You can make 33 shorter words from IRISING, such as NIGIRI, RISING, SIRING, GIRNS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of IRISING?
IRISING rearranges into NIGIRIS.