FELLMONGERY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. FELLMONGERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FELLMONGERY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FELLMONGERY is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FELLMONGERY
No single letter turns FELLMONGERY into another word.
How FELLMONGERY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FELLMONGERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FELLMONGERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FELLMONGERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The trade of dealing in animal skins and preparing them, especially by removing the wool or hair, before tanning.
Fellmongery was the first stage of the leather industry, handling raw hides from sheep and similar animals. The fellmonger stripped off the wool, which was sold on separately from the skin.
How FELLMONGERY is used
A trade term, now mostly met in history books and in the names of old firms.
- Her grandfather worked in fellmongery on the river bank.
- The smell of fellmongery hung over the edge of the town.
- Fellmongery supplied both wool for spinners and skins for tanners.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FELLMONGERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FELLMONGERY
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Common questions about FELLMONGERY
- Is FELLMONGERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FELLMONGERY, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FELLMONGERY worth?
- FELLMONGERY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FELLMONGERY mean?
- The trade of dealing in animal skins and preparing them, especially by removing the wool or hair, before tanning.
- What letters can be added to FELLMONGERY?
- No single letter can be added to FELLMONGERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FELLMONGERY:
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