FEMALE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FEMALE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEMALE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEMALE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEMALE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
femalesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEMALE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FEMALE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What does FEMALE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person, animal or plant of the sex that produces eggs or bears young.
The word female arrived in English from Old French femelle, a diminutive of Latin femina, and its spelling was later bent to resemble male although the two words are unrelated in origin. As a noun it is used mostly in biology, statistics and official forms, where the plainer woman or girl would sound too specific. It also names the plant that carries pistils, and the socket part of a fitting into which a matching plug is inserted.
How FEMALE is used
Neutral in science and forms; in casual speech about people, woman is the usual choice.
- The female of the species is usually larger than the male.
- Each female laid six eggs in the shallow nest.
- The survey counted four hundred females and three hundred males, so the female count was lower.
- On the form she ticked the box marked female.
- The nursery sells a female holly that bears berries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEMALE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEMALE
3 longer words begin with FEMALE.
Shorter words from the letters in FEMALE
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Common questions about FEMALE
- Is FEMALE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEMALE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEMALE worth?
- FEMALE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEMALE mean?
- A person, animal or plant of the sex that produces eggs or bears young.
- What letters can be added to FEMALE?
- FEMALE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FEMALE:
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