FACE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FACE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FACE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FACE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FACE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FACE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FACE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does FACE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The front of a person's head.
Face replaced the native English word, which survives only inside a phrase about drinking a health. Losing face is a translation from Chinese and reached English in the 1870s.
How FACE is used
Countable. Also a verb: faced, faces.
- A face at the window and nobody at the door.
- The word face replaced an older English one.
- Losing face is translated from Chinese.
- They faced the objection and answered none of it.
- Two faces of the same building look onto different streets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FACE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FACE
The 4 tiles of FACE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FACE
Showing 24 of 63 words that begin with FACE.
Words ending in FACE
Showing 24 of 39 words that end in FACE. Useful as a back hook: play FACE onto a word already on the board.
Words with FACE inside
Showing 24 of 100 words that contain FACE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FACE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FACE
Common questions about FACE
- Is FACE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FACE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FACE worth?
- FACE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FACE mean?
- The front of a person's head.
- What letters can be added to FACE?
- FACE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FACE:
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