FED is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. FED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FED?
| 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 FED is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FED scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does FED mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An agent of the federal government in the United States.
Fed is a clipping used by everybody except the people it describes, and it carries suspicion built in — nobody friendly gets called one. Capitalised and preceded by the, it means the central bank instead, and that sense reaches far more of the world.
How FED is used
Countable: a fed, two feds. Informal; also the past form of feed.
- Two feds turned up and asked for the manager.
- The word fed is never used by the people it names.
- Markets move when the Fed says anything at all.
- He was fed and watered and still complaining.
- A fed in a film is recognisable by the coat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FED
The 3 tiles of FED in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FED
Showing 24 of 50 words that begin with FED.
Words ending in FED
Showing 24 of 202 words that end in FED. Useful as a back hook: play FED onto a word already on the board.
Words with FED inside
19 words contain FED in the middle. Words that start with FED are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FED
Common questions about FED
- Is FED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FED, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FED worth?
- FED is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FED mean?
- An agent of the federal government in the United States.
- What letters can be added to FED?
- FED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FED:
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