FAA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. FAA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FAA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAA is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FAA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does FAA mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To fall; a Scots form of the standard English verb.
Faa is used across Scots-speaking areas exactly where an English speaker would say fall, whether describing snow, a person tripping, or the collapse of something. It follows the regular pattern of Scots dropping the l sound found in many related words.
How FAA is used
A Scots dialect verb, not standard English.
- The snow began to faa just before midnight.
- Mind you dinnae faa on the icy step.
- The auld wall looked ready to faa at any moment.
- Leaves faa fast once the frost sets in.
- He watched the rain faa steadily on the loch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAA
3 longer words begin with FAA.
Shorter words from the letters in FAA
Common questions about FAA
- Is FAA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FAA is not in it.
- How many points is FAA worth?
- FAA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAA mean?
- To fall; a Scots form of the standard English verb.
- What letters can be added to FAA?
- FAA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FAA:
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