FAMISHMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. FAMISHMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAMISHMENT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAMISHMENT is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAMISHMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
famishmentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAMISHMENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FAMISHMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FAMISHMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FAMISHMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
rareliterary
The condition of being extremely hungry from lack of food.
Famishment is a rare, old-fashioned word for hunger that has become painful. Writers pick it when ordinary hunger sounds too mild.
How FAMISHMENT is used
Occurs in literary or historical descriptions of hardship.
- Famishment drove the stranded crew to eat their boots.
- The long siege ended in famishment and surrender.
- He wrote of famishment on the road.
- Their famishment showed in their thin faces.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAMISHMENT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAMISHMENT
1 longer words begin with FAMISHMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in FAMISHMENT
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Common questions about FAMISHMENT
- Is FAMISHMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAMISHMENT, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAMISHMENT worth?
- FAMISHMENT is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAMISHMENT mean?
- The condition of being extremely hungry from lack of food.
- What letters can be added to FAMISHMENT?
- FAMISHMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FAMISHMENT:
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