FAMILY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FAMILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAMILY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAMILY is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAMILY
No single letter turns FAMILY into another word.
How FAMILY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FAMILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does FAMILY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A group of people related by blood or marriage, often living together.
Beyond parents and children, the word can stretch to cover a whole line of ancestors, or a set of related things such as languages or plants. Whether a family includes close friends depends on who is speaking.
How FAMILY is used
Can take a singular or plural verb in British usage when the group is meant as individuals.
- Their family gathers every summer at the lake.
- The cat is part of the family now.
- Spanish and Italian belong to the same language family.
- He comes from a large family of farmers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAMILY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAMILY
2 longer words begin with FAMILY.
Shorter words from the letters in FAMILY
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Common questions about FAMILY
- Is FAMILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAMILY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAMILY worth?
- FAMILY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAMILY mean?
- A group of people related by blood or marriage, often living together.
- What letters can be added to FAMILY?
- No single letter can be added to FAMILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FAMILY:
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