FANUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FANUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FANUM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FANUM is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FANUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fanumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FANUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FANUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does FANUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A temple or sacred shrine, especially one dedicated to a pagan deity in the ancient Roman world.
A fanum marked out consecrated ground around a shrine, sometimes no more than a small open-air enclosure rather than a full building, distinguishing it from a templum in the stricter architectural sense. Roman writers used the word for sacred sites built to honor a wide range of gods, both within cities and at rural crossroads. Archaeologists still use fanum today to describe a common type of small Romano-Celtic temple found across former Roman provinces.
How FANUM is used
A specialist term found in archaeology and classical history rather than in everyday speech.
- Archaeologists uncovered the foundations of a small Romano-Celtic fanum.
- The ancient fanum stood at a crossroads outside the city walls.
- Offerings were left daily at the fanum dedicated to the local god.
- The site plan labeled the central structure as a fanum.
- Historians compared the fanum's layout to similar shrines across Gaul.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FANUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FANUM
1 longer words begin with FANUM.
Shorter words from the letters in FANUM
Common questions about FANUM
- Is FANUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FANUM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FANUM worth?
- FANUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FANUM mean?
- A temple or sacred shrine, especially one dedicated to a pagan deity in the ancient Roman world.
- What letters can be added to FANUM?
- FANUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FANUM:
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