FANFARONADE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. FANFARONADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FANFARONADE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FANFARONADE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FANFARONADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FANFARONADE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FANFARONADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FANFARONADE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FANFARONADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Loud, empty boasting or swaggering bluster.
Borrowed from French, this word suits someone who makes a lot of noise about achievements that do not exist. A fanfaronade is all show, and the speaker is usually hiding little substance.
How FANFARONADE is used
Literary and somewhat old-fashioned, used to mock pompous speech.
- His fanfaronade about conquering the market ended with a quiet bankruptcy.
- The general's fanfaronade fooled nobody who had seen him in battle.
- Beneath the fanfaronade lay a very nervous young man.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FANFARONADE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FANFARONADE
2 longer words begin with FANFARONADE.
Shorter words from the letters in FANFARONADE
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Common questions about FANFARONADE
- Is FANFARONADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FANFARONADE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FANFARONADE worth?
- FANFARONADE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FANFARONADE mean?
- Loud, empty boasting or swaggering bluster.
- What letters can be added to FANFARONADE?
- FANFARONADE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FANFARONADE:
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