FAVISM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FAVISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAVISM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAVISM is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAVISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
favismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAVISM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FAVISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does FAVISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A sudden form of anaemia caused in some inherited-enzyme-deficient people by eating broad beans.
Doctors link favism to a missing enzyme in red blood cells that makes them break down after contact with fava beans. The condition is common in parts of the Mediterranean.
How FAVISM is used
A medical term, found in clinical and nutrition texts.
- The child was diagnosed with favism after a meal of fresh beans.
- Families affected by favism learn which foods to avoid.
- The paper looked at how favism spreads through populations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAVISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAVISM
1 longer words begin with FAVISM.
Shorter words from the letters in FAVISM
Common questions about FAVISM
- Is FAVISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAVISM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAVISM worth?
- FAVISM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAVISM mean?
- A sudden form of anaemia caused in some inherited-enzyme-deficient people by eating broad beans.
- What letters can be added to FAVISM?
- FAVISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FAVISM:
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