FACTUALIST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FACTUALIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FACTUALIST?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FACTUALIST is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FACTUALIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
factualistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FACTUALIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FACTUALIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FACTUALIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FACTUALIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
rareformal
A person who sticks closely to facts and is chiefly concerned with them.
A factualist wants evidence before opinion and distrusts speculation. In philosophy, a factualist holds that statements, such as moral ones, can be true or false by matching facts.
How FACTUALIST is used
Factualist is uncommon and used in formal or philosophical discussion.
- The editor was a strict factualist who checked every date.
- As a factualist, she refused to repeat unverified rumours.
- The debate pitted a factualist against a storyteller.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FACTUALIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FACTUALIST
2 longer words begin with FACTUALIST.
Shorter words from the letters in FACTUALIST
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Common questions about FACTUALIST
- Is FACTUALIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FACTUALIST, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FACTUALIST worth?
- FACTUALIST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FACTUALIST mean?
- A person who sticks closely to facts and is chiefly concerned with them.
- What letters can be added to FACTUALIST?
- FACTUALIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FACTUALIST:
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