ARTIFACT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ARTIFACT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARTIFACT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARTIFACT is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARTIFACT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
artifactsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARTIFACT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ARTIFACT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARTIFACT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARTIFACT mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A man-made object, especially one valued for its age or cultural significance.
In American usage an artifact can also be a flaw that a tool or procedure introduces into data or an image. Software people use it for any file or product that a build process leaves behind.
How ARTIFACT is used
Used in archaeology, computing and laboratory science.
- The archaeologists catalogued every artifact found in the trench.
- The streak in the photo was an artifact of the lens, not a real object.
- The build produced a single artifact that was uploaded to the server.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARTIFACT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARTIFACT
2 longer words begin with ARTIFACT.
Shorter words from the letters in ARTIFACT
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Common questions about ARTIFACT
- Is ARTIFACT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARTIFACT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARTIFACT worth?
- ARTIFACT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARTIFACT mean?
- A man-made object, especially one valued for its age or cultural significance.
- What letters can be added to ARTIFACT?
- ARTIFACT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ARTIFACT:
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