FEMININE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FEMININE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEMININE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEMININE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEMININE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
femininesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEMININE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FEMININE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FEMININE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FEMININE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having qualities or an appearance traditionally linked with women, or belonging to the female sex.
In grammar, feminine marks a noun class in many languages, whatever the thing named. Outside grammar, what counts as feminine varies from culture to culture and is often debated.
How FEMININE is used
Used for people, style and clothing, and as a grammatical term for gender.
- She chose a soft, feminine colour for the room.
- In French, the word for table is feminine.
- The poem celebrates a feminine strength.
- The feminine form of the noun ends in a vowel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEMININE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEMININE
4 longer words begin with FEMININE.
Shorter words from the letters in FEMININE
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Common questions about FEMININE
- Is FEMININE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEMININE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEMININE worth?
- FEMININE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEMININE mean?
- Having qualities or an appearance traditionally linked with women, or belonging to the female sex.
- What letters can be added to FEMININE?
- FEMININE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FEMININE:
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