FATWA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FATWA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FATWA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FATWA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FATWA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FATWA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FATWA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does FATWA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A formal legal ruling or interpretation issued by a recognised Islamic scholar.
A fatwa answers a specific question, such as whether a food is permitted or an act is lawful, by applying religious law to it, and it carries the weight of the scholar's own authority rather than of the state. Ordinary Muslims may seek one on a private matter such as inheritance or diet, so most fatwas never make the news at all. The word became widely known in English chiefly through a single famous case in the 1980s, which gave many readers the false impression that a fatwa is always a death sentence; in fact the overwhelming majority concern everyday religious practice.
How FATWA is used
Countable: a fatwa, several fatwas or fatawa; used of a specific ruling, not of Islamic law in general.
- The scholar issued a fatwa permitting the new medicine.
- A fatwa on fasting during illness settled the family's argument.
- Western reporting made one violent fatwa stand for all of them.
- The council reviews each fatwa before it is published.
- He asked his imam for a fatwa on the inheritance dispute.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FATWA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FATWA
7 longer words begin with FATWA.
Shorter words from the letters in FATWA
Common questions about FATWA
- Is FATWA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FATWA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FATWA worth?
- FATWA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FATWA mean?
- A formal legal ruling or interpretation issued by a recognised Islamic scholar.
- What letters can be added to FATWA?
- FATWA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FATWA:
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