FABLIAU is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FABLIAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FABLIAU?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FABLIAU is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FABLIAU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fabliauxChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How FABLIAU scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FABLIAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What stands out about FABLIAU
- FABLIAU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FABLIAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A short comic verse tale from medieval French poetry, typically bawdy and satirical.
The fabliau poked fun at clergy, cheating spouses and clever peasants, and it influenced Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Several such tales survive, usually in rhyming eight-syllable lines.
How FABLIAU is used
Literary-history term; the plural is fabliaux.
- Each fabliau ends with a trick played on a fool.
- Chaucer borrowed the spirit of the fabliau.
- The class read a fabliau about a greedy priest.
- A fabliau is short, comic and rarely polite.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FABLIAU and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FABLIAU
1 longer words begin with FABLIAU.
Shorter words from the letters in FABLIAU
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Common questions about FABLIAU
- Is FABLIAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FABLIAU, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FABLIAU worth?
- FABLIAU is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FABLIAU mean?
- A short comic verse tale from medieval French poetry, typically bawdy and satirical.
- What letters can be added to FABLIAU?
- FABLIAU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FABLIAU:
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