FAZENDA is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. FAZENDA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAZENDA?
| 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: 63 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAZENDA is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAZENDA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fazendasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAZENDA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FAZENDA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does FAZENDA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large farm, ranch or plantation in Brazil or another Portuguese-speaking country.
The word comes straight from Portuguese, and in Brazil a fazenda can grow coffee, raise cattle or grow sugar cane. English writers keep the foreign word when they want to suggest a particular setting and history.
How FAZENDA is used
Fazenda is used in travel and history writing about Brazil and nearby countries.
- The family owned a coffee fazenda in the hills.
- We spent a weekend at a fazenda outside the city.
- Each fazenda had its own chapel and workers houses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAZENDA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAZENDA
1 longer words begin with FAZENDA.
Shorter words from the letters in FAZENDA
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Common questions about FAZENDA
- Is FAZENDA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAZENDA, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAZENDA worth?
- FAZENDA is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAZENDA mean?
- A large farm, ranch or plantation in Brazil or another Portuguese-speaking country.
- What letters can be added to FAZENDA?
- FAZENDA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FAZENDA:
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