FARINA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FARINA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FARINA?
| 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 FARINA is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FARINA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
farinasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FARINA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FARINA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does FARINA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains, nuts or starchy roots, often cooked as a hot breakfast cereal.
Farina comes from the Latin word for flour. In kitchens it usually means a milled wheat product that is boiled into a smooth porridge, although the word has also been used for starchy powders from potatoes and other roots. Botanists once applied it to pollen as well.
How FARINA is used
Everyday in North American cooking; elsewhere seen in older recipes and food history.
- She stirred a pot of farina on the stove.
- The recipe calls for farina rather than rice.
- A bowl of farina with butter was his winter breakfast.
- The mill sold farina in paper sacks.
- A thin layer of farina dusted the board before the dough went down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FARINA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FARINA
2 longer words begin with FARINA.
Shorter words from the letters in FARINA
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Common questions about FARINA
- Is FARINA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FARINA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FARINA worth?
- FARINA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FARINA mean?
- A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains, nuts or starchy roots, often cooked as a hot breakfast cereal.
- What letters can be added to FARINA?
- FARINA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FARINA:
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