FAUCES is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FAUCES 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 FAUCES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAUCES is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAUCES
No single letter turns FAUCES into another word.
How FAUCES scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FAUCES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does FAUCES mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The arched opening at the back of the mouth that leads into the throat.
The fauces lie between the soft palate and the base of the tongue, with the tonsils tucked in the folds on either side. Doctors examine them when a patient has a sore throat. The word is Latin for throat, and it is plural in form, though it is treated as a singular name for the passage. Botanists also borrow it for the throat of a flower.
How FAUCES is used
Anatomical term; plural in form, usually taking a singular verb in medical prose.
- The doctor shone a light into the fauces.
- Redness of the fauces can signal an infection.
- The tonsils sit on each side of the fauces.
- A feather touched to the fauces can trigger a gag.
- The bloom shows pale stripes inside the fauces of the flower.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAUCES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FAUCES
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Common questions about FAUCES
- Is FAUCES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAUCES, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAUCES worth?
- FAUCES is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAUCES mean?
- The arched opening at the back of the mouth that leads into the throat.
- What letters can be added to FAUCES?
- No single letter can be added to FAUCES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FAUCES:
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