FANTAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FANTAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FANTAIL?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FANTAIL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FANTAIL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fantailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FANTAIL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FANTAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does FANTAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Any creature or object with a tail or end shaped like a spread fan, such as a type of pigeon or a small flycatcher bird.
Pigeon breeders prize the fantail for its upright, wide-spread tail feathers, and the fantail bird of New Zealand fans its tail while it hunts insects. On ships the word names the overhanging stern.
How FANTAIL is used
The word fantail has several meanings: a pigeon breed, a bird, a fish, and part of a ship.
- The fantail strutted along the loft roof.
- A fantail flitted through the bush catching flies.
- We kept a goldfish with a fantail in the pond.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FANTAIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FANTAIL
The 7 tiles of FANTAIL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FANTAIL
2 longer words begin with FANTAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in FANTAIL
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Common questions about FANTAIL
- Is FANTAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FANTAIL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FANTAIL worth?
- FANTAIL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FANTAIL mean?
- Any creature or object with a tail or end shaped like a spread fan, such as a type of pigeon or a small flycatcher bird.
- What letters can be added to FANTAIL?
- FANTAIL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FANTAIL:
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