FEISTINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FEISTINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEISTINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEISTINESS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEISTINESS
No single letter turns FEISTINESS into another word.
How FEISTINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FEISTINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FEISTINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FEISTINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Lively spirit and a readiness to stand up for oneself, often in a small person or animal.
Feistiness is admired as plucky determination, as in a small dog that confronts a larger one. It can also hint at touchiness, a quickness to argue or take offence.
How FEISTINESS is used
Informal and mostly admiring; used for people and animals.
- Her feistiness won the crowd over.
- The terrier's feistiness surprised the larger dogs.
- He admired her feistiness in the face of bullying.
- At ninety, the old woman kept all her feistiness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEISTINESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEISTINESS
1 longer words begin with FEISTINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in FEISTINESS
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Common questions about FEISTINESS
- Is FEISTINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEISTINESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEISTINESS worth?
- FEISTINESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEISTINESS mean?
- Lively spirit and a readiness to stand up for oneself, often in a small person or animal.
- What letters can be added to FEISTINESS?
- No single letter can be added to FEISTINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FEISTINESS:
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