FACTORIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FACTORIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FACTORIAL?
| 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 FACTORIAL is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FACTORIAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
factorialsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FACTORIAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FACTORIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FACTORIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FACTORIAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The result of multiplying a whole number by every smaller whole number down to one.
Mathematicians write a factorial with an exclamation mark, so that 4! equals 24. Factorials grow extremely fast, which makes them important when counting arrangements. Calculating a factorial is a classic exercise for learning to program.
How FACTORIAL is used
Factorial is used in mathematics, statistics and programming, most often when counting orderings of items.
- The factorial of five is one hundred and twenty.
- Students wrote a short program to compute a factorial.
- The number of ways to line up ten people is a factorial.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FACTORIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FACTORIAL
2 longer words begin with FACTORIAL.
Shorter words from the letters in FACTORIAL
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Common questions about FACTORIAL
- Is FACTORIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FACTORIAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FACTORIAL worth?
- FACTORIAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FACTORIAL mean?
- The result of multiplying a whole number by every smaller whole number down to one.
- What letters can be added to FACTORIAL?
- FACTORIAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FACTORIAL:
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