FEDERALESE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FEDERALESE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEDERALESE?
| 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 FEDERALESE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEDERALESE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
federalesesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEDERALESE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FEDERALESE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 4 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FEDERALESE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FEDERALESE
- The letter E appears four times in FEDERALESE.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FEDERALESE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
Wordy, obscure official language typical of government agencies in the United States.
Federalese is made of long sentences, passive verbs and jargon that ordinary readers struggle to follow. Plain-language laws were passed to fight it.
How FEDERALESE is used
Mildly mocking; compare officialese and bureaucratese.
- The form was written in dense federalese.
- He translated the federalese of the regulation into plain English.
- Federalese often hides a simple instruction.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEDERALESE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEDERALESE
1 longer words begin with FEDERALESE.
Shorter words from the letters in FEDERALESE
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Common questions about FEDERALESE
- Is FEDERALESE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEDERALESE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEDERALESE worth?
- FEDERALESE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEDERALESE mean?
- Wordy, obscure official language typical of government agencies in the United States.
- What letters can be added to FEDERALESE?
- FEDERALESE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FEDERALESE:
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