FACTO is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. FACTO is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 11 points there.
Which word lists accept FACTO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FACTO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FACTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
factorChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How FACTO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FACTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does FACTO mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalformal
A fact or deed, referred to inside Latin legal and philosophical phrases.
Facto is the ablative case of the Latin factum, a thing done, and English borrowed it only inside fixed phrases rather than as a word on its own. De facto marks what exists in practice rather than by right, and ipso facto marks something true by the very statement just made. Written by itself, facto still points back to that underlying deed.
How FACTO is used
Almost always appears inside phrases such as de facto, ipso facto and ex post facto.
- De facto describes what happens in practice, and facto there simply means a deed done.
- Ipso facto argues that one thing follows automatically from another.
- The Latin facto behind ex post facto points to an act already carried out.
- Historians still use facto inside its original Latin phrases rather than alone.
- A law applied ex post facto judges an act by rules written after the facto itself.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FACTO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FACTO
Showing 24 of 35 words that begin with FACTO.
Words ending in FACTO
1 words end in FACTO. Useful as a back hook: play FACTO onto a word already on the board.
Words with FACTO inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain FACTO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FACTO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FACTO
Common questions about FACTO
- Is FACTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FACTO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FACTO worth?
- FACTO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FACTO mean?
- A fact or deed, referred to inside Latin legal and philosophical phrases.
- What letters can be added to FACTO?
- FACTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FACTO:
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