FACTICITY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. FACTICITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FACTICITY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FACTICITY is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FACTICITY
No single letter turns FACTICITY into another word.
How FACTICITY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FACTICITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FACTICITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FACTICITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The condition of being a fact, or in philosophy, the plain givenness of the circumstances of one's existence.
Philosophers in the existentialist tradition use facticity for the things about a life that cannot be chosen, such as when and where one was born. It sits against freedom, the power to decide what to do with those givens.
How FACTICITY is used
A specialist term in philosophy, especially existentialism.
- The essay explores the facticity of human existence.
- Heidegger and Sartre both wrote about facticity and freedom.
- She questioned the facticity of the claim before repeating it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FACTICITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FACTICITY
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Common questions about FACTICITY
- Is FACTICITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FACTICITY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FACTICITY worth?
- FACTICITY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FACTICITY mean?
- The condition of being a fact, or in philosophy, the plain givenness of the circumstances of one's existence.
- What letters can be added to FACTICITY?
- No single letter can be added to FACTICITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FACTICITY:
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