FEBRIFUGE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. FEBRIFUGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEBRIFUGE?
| 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 FEBRIFUGE is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEBRIFUGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
febrifugesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEBRIFUGE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FEBRIFUGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FEBRIFUGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FEBRIFUGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A medicine or substance that lowers a fever.
Before modern drugs, doctors used bark and herbs as a febrifuge. Today the same job is done by common painkillers, and the older word is mostly met in medical history.
How FEBRIFUGE is used
Medical and historical term for a fever reducer.
- Willow bark was an early febrifuge.
- The apothecary mixed a bitter febrifuge for the patient.
- Quinine served as a febrifuge for centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEBRIFUGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEBRIFUGE
1 longer words begin with FEBRIFUGE.
Shorter words from the letters in FEBRIFUGE
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Common questions about FEBRIFUGE
- Is FEBRIFUGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEBRIFUGE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEBRIFUGE worth?
- FEBRIFUGE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEBRIFUGE mean?
- A medicine or substance that lowers a fever.
- What letters can be added to FEBRIFUGE?
- FEBRIFUGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FEBRIFUGE:
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