FAQIR is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FAQIR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAQIR?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAQIR is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAQIR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
faqirsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAQIR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FAQIR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 77,456.
What stands out about FAQIR
- FAQIR takes a Q without a U — one of only 93 words in our lists that do. That is the cheapest way to get rid of the ten-point tile.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FAQIR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic who renounces worldly possessions and lives by begging, also spelled fakir.
A faqir gives up ordinary comforts and property to follow a path of poverty and religious devotion, relying on alms from others for food and shelter. The word comes originally from Arabic by way of Persian and Urdu, and in some older Western writing it was loosely applied to any wandering holy man of South Asia.
How FAQIR is used
A neutral term for a recognised religious role in Islamic and, more loosely, Hindu tradition; also spelled fakir.
- The faqir sat quietly outside the mosque, accepting whatever food was offered.
- Travellers described meeting a faqir who had walked the length of the country.
- The faqir owned nothing beyond a bowl and a worn cloak.
- Villagers left rice and bread for the faqir each morning.
- The old story tells of a faqir who taught the king humility.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAQIR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAQIR
1 longer words begin with FAQIR.
Shorter words from the letters in FAQIR
Common questions about FAQIR
- Is FAQIR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAQIR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAQIR worth?
- FAQIR is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAQIR mean?
- A Muslim or Hindu religious ascetic who renounces worldly possessions and lives by begging, also spelled fakir.
- What letters can be added to FAQIR?
- FAQIR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FAQIR:
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