FAUBOURG is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FAUBOURG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAUBOURG?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAUBOURG is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAUBOURG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
faubourgsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAUBOURG scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FAUBOURG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FAUBOURG has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FAUBOURG mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A suburb outside the old walls of a French city, or a district later absorbed into the city.
The faubourgs of Paris were once separate working quarters beyond the city gate. In New Orleans the word survives in district names, where it marks areas that grew up outside the original town.
How FAUBOURG is used
Used in histories of French cities and about New Orleans neighbourhoods.
- The family lived in a faubourg on the edge of Paris.
- Faubourg Marigny lies just outside the French Quarter.
- Craftsmen crowded into the faubourg beyond the city wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAUBOURG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAUBOURG
1 longer words begin with FAUBOURG.
Shorter words from the letters in FAUBOURG
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Common questions about FAUBOURG
- Is FAUBOURG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAUBOURG, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAUBOURG worth?
- FAUBOURG is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAUBOURG mean?
- A suburb outside the old walls of a French city, or a district later absorbed into the city.
- What letters can be added to FAUBOURG?
- FAUBOURG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FAUBOURG:
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