FARDEL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FARDEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FARDEL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FARDEL is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FARDEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fardelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FARDEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FARDEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does FARDEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A bundle or pack, and in figurative use a burden that someone has to carry.
The word reaches English through Old French and is best known from Hamlet, where fardels are the loads that weary people grunt and sweat under. Outside such quotations it is rare and sounds deliberately old. Writers use it when they want a touch of antique flavour for a heavy load of cares.
How FARDEL is used
Archaic and literary; met mostly in Shakespeare and in imitations of older style.
- The pedlar set his fardel down by the roadside.
- Who would bear a fardel of grief for the rest of his life?
- She carried a small fardel tied up in a red cloth.
- The old tale describes a fardel of rags and a crust of bread.
- Every traveller on the road had some fardel on his back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FARDEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FARDEL
The 6 tiles of FARDEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FARDEL
1 longer words begin with FARDEL.
Shorter words from the letters in FARDEL
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Common questions about FARDEL
- Is FARDEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FARDEL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FARDEL worth?
- FARDEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FARDEL mean?
- A bundle or pack, and in figurative use a burden that someone has to carry.
- What letters can be added to FARDEL?
- FARDEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FARDEL:
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