FECIT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. FECIT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FECIT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FECIT is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FECIT
No single letter turns FECIT into another word.
How FECIT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FECIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does FECIT mean in Scrabble?
other
historical
A word placed after a maker's name on a work of art, meaning that the person made it.
Fecit is Latin for he or she made it, from the same verb family that gives English words like fact and effect. Painters and engravers signed a piece with their name followed by fecit, often shortened to fec., much as a modern artist signs a canvas. Cataloguers of old prints and paintings still use the term when they record who made a work.
How FECIT is used
Found mainly on old paintings, prints and engravings, after the artist's name.
- The engraving was signed Rembrandt fecit in the corner.
- A cataloguer noted fecit after the artist's name on the print.
- Fecit marks the maker of a work, unlike pinxit, which marks only the painter.
- Historians read fecit on old engravings to identify who made them.
- The Latin fecit means simply he made it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FECIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FECIT
Common questions about FECIT
- Is FECIT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FECIT is not in it.
- How many points is FECIT worth?
- FECIT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FECIT mean?
- A word placed after a maker's name on a work of art, meaning that the person made it.
- What letters can be added to FECIT?
- No single letter can be added to FECIT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FECIT:
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