FASTUOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FASTUOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FASTUOUS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FASTUOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FASTUOUS
No single letter turns FASTUOUS into another word.
How FASTUOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FASTUOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FASTUOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FASTUOUS
- FASTUOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FASTUOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryrare
Proud and haughty in manner, or showy and given to display.
Fastuous comes from the Latin word for pride and is seldom used outside literature and word lists. It describes an arrogance on show, in dress, manners or buildings.
How FASTUOUS is used
Rare and bookish; appears in literary descriptions of arrogant or ostentatious people.
- The fastuous duke arrived with a train of fifty servants.
- Her fastuous manner put off everyone at the table.
- The villa was admired and mocked for its fastuous decoration.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FASTUOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FASTUOUS
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Common questions about FASTUOUS
- Is FASTUOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FASTUOUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FASTUOUS worth?
- FASTUOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FASTUOUS mean?
- Proud and haughty in manner, or showy and given to display.
- What letters can be added to FASTUOUS?
- No single letter can be added to FASTUOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FASTUOUS:
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