FAVE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FAVE 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 FAVE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAVE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAVE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FAVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does FAVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A favourite person or thing.
Fave is clipped from the longer word and belongs to headlines and captions rather than to speech. It works as both noun and adjective without changing form at all.
How FAVE is used
Countable. Also an adjective. Informal.
- An old fave that nobody plays any more.
- The word fave is clipped from favourite.
- A fave in a headline saves four letters.
- Two faves on the same list and one obvious gap.
- Fave works as noun and adjective unchanged.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAVE
11 longer words begin with FAVE.
Shorter words from the letters in FAVE
Common questions about FAVE
- Is FAVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAVE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAVE worth?
- FAVE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAVE mean?
- A favourite person or thing.
- What letters can be added to FAVE?
- FAVE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FAVE:
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