FARADISE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FARADISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FARADISE?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FARADISE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FARADISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FARADISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FARADISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FARADISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FARADISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
medicalBritish
To treat or stimulate a muscle or nerve with an alternating electric current.
To faradise a limb was once a standard therapy. The verb comes from the physicist Faraday, whose name lies behind the term faradism for this kind of stimulation. It belongs to older medical practice, when such currents were used to exercise weakened muscles.
How FARADISE is used
A dated medical term; the spelling with s is British and faradize is the American form.
- Doctors would faradise the weakened arm to keep the muscle active.
- The nurse was trained to faradise the patient's leg twice a week.
- In the old clinic they used a coil to faradise damaged nerves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FARADISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FARADISE
The 8 tiles of FARADISE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FARADISE
4 longer words begin with FARADISE.
Shorter words from the letters in FARADISE
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Common questions about FARADISE
- Is FARADISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FARADISE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FARADISE worth?
- FARADISE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FARADISE mean?
- To treat or stimulate a muscle or nerve with an alternating electric current.
- What letters can be added to FARADISE?
- FARADISE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FARADISE:
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