FAINEANT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FAINEANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAINEANT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAINEANT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAINEANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
faineantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAINEANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FAINEANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FAINEANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FAINEANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An idle person who does nothing useful and avoids work.
Faineant comes from the French for does nothing. It was used for the do-nothing kings of early France, whose officials ran the realm for them. Writers still use it as a sharper alternative to lazybones.
How FAINEANT is used
A literary insult for a lazy or ineffective person, sometimes also used as an adjective.
- The prince was a faineant who left every decision to his ministers.
- No faineant ever built a fortune in that town.
- She scolded her brother as a charming faineant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAINEANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAINEANT
3 longer words begin with FAINEANT.
Shorter words from the letters in FAINEANT
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Common questions about FAINEANT
- Is FAINEANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAINEANT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAINEANT worth?
- FAINEANT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAINEANT mean?
- An idle person who does nothing useful and avoids work.
- What letters can be added to FAINEANT?
- FAINEANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FAINEANT:
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