whisker

1. A single hair of a beard or mustache.

2. Chemistry An extremely fine filamentary crystal with extraordinary shear strength and unusual electrical or surface properties.

3. Informal A narrow margin; a hairsbreadth: The candidate lost the election by a whisker.

4. Nautical One of two spars or booms projecting from the side of a bowsprit for spreading the jib or flying-jib guys.

5. One of the long stiff tactile bristles or hairs that grow near the mouth and elsewhere on the head of most mammals; a vibrissa.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
whisker	17	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ki	6
is	2
si	2
re	2
we	5
eh	5
sh	5
hi	5
he	5
ew	5
es	2
er	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ski	7
kis	7
kir	7
khi	10
she	6
sri	3
sew	6
irk	7
ire	3
sir	3
ser	3
sei	3
wis	6
rei	3
res	3
his	6
hie	6
hew	9
hes	6
her	6
ers	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
reis	4
risk	8
shew	10
shri	7
sike	8
sire	4
skew	11
weir	7
whir	10
wire	7
wise	7
wish	10
keir	8
hers	7
heir	7
hews	10
hies	7
rise	4
hike	11
ires	4
irks	8
khis	11
kier	8
kirs	8
kris	8
hire	7
resh	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
heirs	8
shrew	11
weirs	8
whirs	11
whisk	15
wires	8
wiser	8
wries	8
skier	9
siker	9
shirk	12
shire	8
shier	8
sheik	12
hiker	12
hikes	12
hires	8
keirs	9
kiers	9

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
shrike	13
shriek	13
hikers	13
wisher	12

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
whisker	17