FACER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FACER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FACER?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FACER is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FACER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
facersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FACER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FACER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does FACER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
A blow to the face; also, a sudden difficulty.
Facer is built from face and the agent suffix -er, and it kept a literal sense of a punch landed square on the face long after boxing slang moved on to other words. British writers extended it figuratively to any problem that hits someone as abruptly as a blow, a use once common enough for newspapers and novels but now felt as old-fashioned. Both senses depend on the same idea of something arriving suddenly and squarely.
How FACER is used
British informal; the figurative sense of a sudden difficulty is now dated.
- He caught a facer in the third round and went down.
- The unexpected bill was a real facer for the family.
- The word facer described a punch before it described a problem.
- A sudden facer of that kind can throw off the best plans.
- She took the facer well and carried on with the meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FACER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FACER
The 5 tiles of FACER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FACER
1 longer words begin with FACER.
Words ending in FACER
5 words end in FACER. Useful as a back hook: play FACER onto a word already on the board.
Words with FACER inside
5 words contain FACER in the middle. Words that start with FACER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FACER
Common questions about FACER
- Is FACER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FACER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FACER worth?
- FACER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FACER mean?
- A blow to the face; also, a sudden difficulty.
- What letters can be added to FACER?
- FACER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FACER:
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