FABRICATE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FABRICATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FABRICATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FABRICATE is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FABRICATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FABRICATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FABRICATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FABRICATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FABRICATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To invent a false story or document in order to deceive, or to build something from prepared parts.
When you fabricate evidence, you make up something that never existed. In industry the same verb is neutral: workers fabricate steel beams or machine parts in a factory. Context shows which meaning is intended.
How FABRICATE is used
Used both about lying and about manufacturing.
- The witness was accused of trying to fabricate an alibi.
- The shop can fabricate custom brackets from sheet metal.
- It is wrong to fabricate quotes for a news story.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FABRICATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FABRICATE
2 longer words begin with FABRICATE.
Shorter words from the letters in FABRICATE
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Common questions about FABRICATE
- Is FABRICATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FABRICATE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FABRICATE worth?
- FABRICATE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FABRICATE mean?
- To invent a false story or document in order to deceive, or to build something from prepared parts.
- What letters can be added to FABRICATE?
- FABRICATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FABRICATE:
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