FANTASTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FANTASTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FANTASTIC?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FANTASTIC is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FANTASTIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FANTASTIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FANTASTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FANTASTIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FANTASTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extremely good, or so strange and imaginative that it seems unreal.
In everyday speech fantastic is simply high praise for a meal, a result or a person. In older or literary use it describes things that belong to fantasy, such as dragons and floating castles. Context shows which of the two senses is meant.
How FANTASTIC is used
Fantastic is used informally as strong praise and in writing to describe the odd or imaginary.
- The concert was absolutely fantastic.
- The book describes a fantastic world of flying ships.
- He told a fantastic story that nobody believed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FANTASTIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FANTASTIC
16 longer words begin with FANTASTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in FANTASTIC
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Common questions about FANTASTIC
- Is FANTASTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FANTASTIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FANTASTIC worth?
- FANTASTIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FANTASTIC mean?
- Extremely good, or so strange and imaginative that it seems unreal.
- What letters can be added to FANTASTIC?
- FANTASTIC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FANTASTIC:
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