FANON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FANON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FANON?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FANON is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FANON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fanonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FANON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FANON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,855.
What does FANON mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A band-like ecclesiastical vestment, especially the striped silk cape worn by the pope, or a strip of cloth used as a bandage or arm covering.
A fanon most often refers to a piece of church dress: a striped silk cape once worn over the shoulders of the pope during solemn Mass, related to the maniple worn on the arm by ordinary priests and bishops. In an older and more general sense, a fanon was simply a strip of linen or cloth wound around an arm, used both as a mark of office in church ceremony and, outside the church, as a plain bandage or sling.
How FANON is used
A specialist word, met mainly in writing about church vestments, medieval dress and liturgical history rather than in everyday speech.
- The old missal describes the fanon worn by the pope at High Mass.
- A fanon of striped silk lay folded beside the other vestments.
- Historians of dress study how the fanon changed shape over the centuries.
- The wounded man's arm was bound with a rough fanon.
- Only the pope, among the clergy pictured, wears the fanon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FANON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FANON
1 longer words begin with FANON.
Words ending in FANON
1 words end in FANON. Useful as a back hook: play FANON onto a word already on the board.
Words with FANON inside
1 words contain FANON in the middle. Words that start with FANON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FANON
Common questions about FANON
- Is FANON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FANON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FANON worth?
- FANON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FANON mean?
- A band-like ecclesiastical vestment, especially the striped silk cape worn by the pope, or a strip of cloth used as a bandage or arm covering.
- What letters can be added to FANON?
- FANON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FANON:
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