FAZE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FAZE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAZE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAZE is to know. It scores 16 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAZE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAZE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FAZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What stands out about FAZE
- FAZE scores 16 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FAZE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To disturb or disconcert somebody.
Faze is American and a variant of feeze, a dialect word meaning to frighten. It is almost always used in the negative — nothing fazed him — which is a rare habit for an English verb to acquire.
How FAZE is used
Fazed, fazing. Usually in the negative.
- Nothing fazed her, including the fire alarm.
- The word faze is a variant of an older dialect one.
- It fazed him for about four seconds.
- Faze is nearly always used in the negative.
- Two setbacks in a week and neither fazed the team.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAZE
6 longer words begin with FAZE.
Words with FAZE inside
1 words contain FAZE in the middle. Words that start with FAZE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FAZE
Common questions about FAZE
- Is FAZE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAZE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAZE worth?
- FAZE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAZE mean?
- To disturb or disconcert somebody.
- What letters can be added to FAZE?
- FAZE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FAZE:
Open FAZE in the Word Finder