FAVA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FAVA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAVA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAVA is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAVA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
favasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAVA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FAVA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does FAVA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A broad bean, eaten fresh or dried.
Fava is Italian and reached American English through cooking, where the bean is treated quite differently from the way Britain treats it. Some people of Mediterranean descent cannot eat it at all, for a genetic reason.
How FAVA is used
Countable and uncountable. Chiefly American.
- A fava is what Britain calls a broad bean.
- The word fava is Italian.
- Some people cannot eat fava for a genetic reason.
- Two kinds of fava and one of them dried.
- American recipes say fava and British ones do not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAVA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAVA
1 longer words begin with FAVA.
Shorter words from the letters in FAVA
Common questions about FAVA
- Is FAVA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAVA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAVA worth?
- FAVA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAVA mean?
- A broad bean, eaten fresh or dried.
- What letters can be added to FAVA?
- FAVA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FAVA:
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