FAUNA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FAUNA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAUNA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAUNA is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAUNA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAUNA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FAUNA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does FAUNA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The animals of a particular region, habitat or period, considered together.
Fauna is used alongside flora to describe the animal life of a place or time, as in the fauna of the Amazon rainforest or the fauna of the Ice Age. Naturalists and conservationists use the word to talk about animal populations as a whole rather than about single species, and it appears often in the names of surveys, reports and protected areas. The word comes from Fauna, a Roman goddess associated with animals and the countryside.
How FAUNA is used
A formal, scientific term, common in biology, conservation and travel writing about wildlife.
- The reserve protects the native fauna of the wetlands.
- The book surveys the fauna and flora of the region.
- Fossil fauna from the period reveal a much warmer climate.
- Marine fauna in the bay includes several rare species of fish.
- The exhibition traces how local fauna adapted to the changing forest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAUNA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAUNA
4 longer words begin with FAUNA.
Words ending in FAUNA
12 words end in FAUNA. Useful as a back hook: play FAUNA onto a word already on the board.
Words with FAUNA inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain FAUNA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FAUNA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FAUNA
Common questions about FAUNA
- Is FAUNA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAUNA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAUNA worth?
- FAUNA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAUNA mean?
- The animals of a particular region, habitat or period, considered together.
- What letters can be added to FAUNA?
- FAUNA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FAUNA:
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