FAH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAH?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAH is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAH scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does FAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
In the Curwen tonic sol-fa method taught in British schools, the fourth step of the scale, spelled with the h that American charts drop.
Fah is where a major scale first sounds unfinished: it lies a semitone above the step below it, and singers find it the hardest to pitch cleanly from cold. British teaching sheets write fah where American ones write fa, and the extra letter is the only difference between them.
How FAH is used
Countable: the fah, two fahs. Also written fa.
- The tune sits on the fah and refuses to resolve.
- She could not find the fah without the piano.
- A fah sung flat is the commonest fault in a choir.
- The exercise runs from doh to fah and back.
- Both fahs in the phrase are held for a beat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAH
7 longer words begin with FAH.
Words ending in FAH
4 words end in FAH. Useful as a back hook: play FAH onto a word already on the board.
Words with FAH inside
2 words contain FAH in the middle. Words that start with FAH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FAH
Common questions about FAH
- Is FAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAH, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAH worth?
- FAH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAH mean?
- In the Curwen tonic sol-fa method taught in British schools, the fourth step of the scale, spelled with the h that American charts drop.
- What letters can be added to FAH?
- FAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FAH:
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