FANE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. FANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FANE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FANE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fanesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FANE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What does FANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A temple or a shrine.
Fane is a poet's word and always was: it comes from the Latin for a sacred place, and English took it when writers wanted something that did not sound like a parish church. It survives in verse and inside profane, which literally means outside the fane.
How FANE is used
Countable: a fane, two fanes. Chiefly poetic.
- The fane stood on the hill above the town.
- Two fanes faced each other across the valley.
- The word profane is built on the fane it stands outside.
- A ruined fane makes better verse than a whole one.
- Nobody has called a building a fane in ordinary prose for centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FANE
5 longer words begin with FANE.
Words ending in FANE
2 words end in FANE. Useful as a back hook: play FANE onto a word already on the board.
Words with FANE inside
9 words contain FANE in the middle. Words that start with FANE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FANE
Common questions about FANE
- Is FANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FANE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FANE worth?
- FANE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FANE mean?
- A temple or a shrine.
- What letters can be added to FANE?
- FANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FANE:
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