FECULENT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FECULENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FECULENT?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FECULENT is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FECULENT
No single letter turns FECULENT into another word.
How FECULENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FECULENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FECULENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FECULENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Foul with dregs, sediment or waste matter; muddy and impure.
Feculent belongs to older, more bookish prose, where it describes liquids thick with settled filth and, figuratively, anything morally murky. Modern writers usually reach for a plainer word such as muddy or foul.
How FECULENT is used
Rare and literary, used for sediment-laden water or for vivid disgust.
- The feculent pond gave off a sour smell.
- He wrote of feculent streets after the flood.
- A feculent sludge lay at the bottom of the barrel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FECULENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FECULENT
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Common questions about FECULENT
- Is FECULENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FECULENT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FECULENT worth?
- FECULENT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FECULENT mean?
- Foul with dregs, sediment or waste matter; muddy and impure.
- What letters can be added to FECULENT?
- No single letter can be added to FECULENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FECULENT:
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