FAKEY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FAKEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAKEY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAKEY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAKEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fakeysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAKEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FAKEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does FAKEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalslang
Not genuine; artificial or insincere in a way that is easy to notice.
Fakey describes something that only pretends to be real, from a forced smile to an obviously synthetic material. The word carries a dismissive, slightly mocking tone, marking whatever it describes as unconvincing rather than simply false. Skateboarders also use fakey for a quite different, technical sense: riding backwards from the normal stance, with the back foot leading. That specialised meaning, spelled either fakey or fakie, has nothing to do with sincerity and everything to do with the direction a board is travelling.
How FAKEY is used
The general sense of insincerity is informal, while the skateboarding sense is a specific technical term within that sport.
- His apology sounded fakey rather than heartfelt.
- The fabric felt fakey compared with real leather.
- She rode the ramp fakey, facing backwards the whole way down.
- Critics called the ending of the film fakey and unearned.
- The skater practised fakey turns for an hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAKEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAKEY
1 longer words begin with FAKEY.
Shorter words from the letters in FAKEY
Common questions about FAKEY
- Is FAKEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAKEY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAKEY worth?
- FAKEY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAKEY mean?
- Not genuine; artificial or insincere in a way that is easy to notice.
- What letters can be added to FAKEY?
- FAKEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FAKEY:
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