FEM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FEM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEM?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEM is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does FEM mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person, especially in a same-sex relationship, whose style and manner are markedly feminine.
Fem is the shortened form of femme, and the pair fem and butch has done duty in lesbian speech since the mid twentieth century as a description of presentation rather than of role. The spelling without the final letters is the older and plainer one, and it reads as everyday rather than academic.
How FEM is used
Countable noun and also an adjective: a fem, a fem haircut. The fuller spelling femme is commoner in writing.
- She described herself as a fem and left it at that.
- The bar in those years was split between butch and fem.
- His clothes were fem in a way the town had no words for.
- A fem in that crowd was as visible as anyone else.
- The novel gives the fem the better lines and the harder decisions.
- They argued about whether fem was a style or a stance.
- Photographs from the club show fem and butch at the same tables.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEM and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FEM
The 3 tiles of FEM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FEM
Showing 24 of 74 words that begin with FEM.
Words with FEM inside
Showing 24 of 62 words that contain FEM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FEM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FEM
Common questions about FEM
- Is FEM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEM worth?
- FEM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEM mean?
- A person, especially in a same-sex relationship, whose style and manner are markedly feminine.
- What letters can be added to FEM?
- FEM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FEM:
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