FEME is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FEME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEME?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEME is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
femesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEME scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FEME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,853.
What does FEME mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A woman, in older legal usage.
Feme appears in two legal phrases that divided women by marital status, and the distinction they marked was dismantled piece by piece across the nineteenth century. The word survives only inside that history.
How FEME is used
Countable: a feme, two femes. Legal and historical.
- A feme in law was defined by marriage or its absence.
- The word feme is French for woman.
- Two legal phrases used feme and both are obsolete.
- The distinction that feme marked was abolished gradually.
- A feme sole could hold property and a married woman could not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEME
7 longer words begin with FEME.
Words with FEME inside
3 words contain FEME in the middle. Words that start with FEME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FEME
Common questions about FEME
- Is FEME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEME, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEME worth?
- FEME is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEME mean?
- A woman, in older legal usage.
- What letters can be added to FEME?
- FEME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FEME:
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