BIFACE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BIFACE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIFACE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIFACE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIFACE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bifacesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIFACE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BIFACE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does BIFACE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A prehistoric stone tool that has been chipped on both sides to form a cutting edge.
A biface is one of the oldest kinds of tool known to archaeology, made by striking flakes from both surfaces of a piece of flint or similar stone until it had a sharp rim. The familiar hand axe is the best-known example, and bifaces are found at sites of early humans across Africa, Europe and Asia. Archaeologists study their shape and workmanship to compare the skills of different ancient peoples.
How BIFACE is used
Technical term from archaeology; also used rarely as an adjective meaning having two faces.
- The excavation turned up a perfectly shaped biface beside the old riverbed.
- A skilled worker could finish a biface with only a few dozen careful blows.
- The museum displays a flint biface that is hundreds of thousands of years old.
- Each biface in the collection was labelled with the layer where it was found.
- The size of the biface suggests it was held comfortably in one hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIFACE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIFACE
1 longer words begin with BIFACE.
Shorter words from the letters in BIFACE
Common questions about BIFACE
- Is BIFACE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIFACE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIFACE worth?
- BIFACE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIFACE mean?
- A prehistoric stone tool that has been chipped on both sides to form a cutting edge.
- What letters can be added to BIFACE?
- BIFACE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BIFACE:
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