FACT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FACT 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 FACT?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FACT is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FACT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FACT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FACT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does FACT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thing known to be true.
Fact came from a Latin word meaning something done, and it meant a deed in English for two centuries. That sense survives in the legal phrase about an accessory after the fact.
How FACT is used
Countable: a fact, two facts.
- A fact that nobody checked for eleven years.
- The word fact meant a deed for two centuries.
- An accessory after the fact keeps the older sense.
- Two facts that contradict each other and both documented.
- The Latin behind fact means something done.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FACT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FACT
Showing 24 of 93 words that begin with FACT.
Words ending in FACT
10 words end in FACT. Useful as a back hook: play FACT onto a word already on the board.
Words with FACT inside
Showing 24 of 149 words that contain FACT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FACT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FACT
Common questions about FACT
- Is FACT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FACT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FACT worth?
- FACT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FACT mean?
- A thing known to be true.
- What letters can be added to FACT?
- FACT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FACT:
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