FALLEN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FALLEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FALLEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FALLEN is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FALLEN
No single letter turns FALLEN into another word.
How FALLEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FALLEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does FALLEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having dropped or come down, or, in a wider sense, having been killed in battle, ruined, or brought low in standing.
Fallen is the form that sits before a noun: a fallen tree is simply one that has come down, while the fallen of a war are those who died in it. The word also carries a moral colouring in older writing, where a fallen person or city has lost its former honour or power. Which sense is meant is nearly always plain from the noun that follows.
How FALLEN is used
Common in everyday description of objects and in solemn writing about war dead.
- A fallen branch blocked the narrow path.
- The town raised a stone to its fallen soldiers.
- He stepped over the fallen leaves without looking down.
- Poets have often mourned the fallen empire.
- The road was closed by a fallen power line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FALLEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FALLEN
2 longer words begin with FALLEN.
Shorter words from the letters in FALLEN
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Common questions about FALLEN
- Is FALLEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FALLEN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FALLEN worth?
- FALLEN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FALLEN mean?
- Having dropped or come down, or, in a wider sense, having been killed in battle, ruined, or brought low in standing.
- What letters can be added to FALLEN?
- No single letter can be added to FALLEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FALLEN:
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