FATTEN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FATTEN 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 FATTEN?
| 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 FATTEN 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 FATTEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fattensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FATTEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FATTEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What does FATTEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make an animal or person fatter, or to become fatter, especially by feeding well.
Fatten is the farmer's word for feeding stock before market, and it also covers the gradual thickening of a person who eats richly. By extension it can describe anything that grows richer or larger, such as a bank balance that swells or soil improved with manure.
How FATTEN is used
Common in farming and everyday talk, with figurative uses for money.
- The farmer began to fatten the geese in October.
- Rich sauces will fatten anyone who eats them daily.
- They hoped the good harvest would fatten the village purse.
- Manure was spread to fatten the poor field.
- The calves fatten quickly on this pasture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FATTEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FATTEN
7 longer words begin with FATTEN.
Shorter words from the letters in FATTEN
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Common questions about FATTEN
- Is FATTEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FATTEN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FATTEN worth?
- FATTEN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FATTEN mean?
- To make an animal or person fatter, or to become fatter, especially by feeding well.
- What letters can be added to FATTEN?
- FATTEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FATTEN:
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