FENESTRA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FENESTRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FENESTRA?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FENESTRA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FENESTRA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FENESTRA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FENESTRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FENESTRA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FENESTRA
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FENESTRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalmedical
A small window-like opening, especially a natural or surgically made hole in a bone or other body structure.
In anatomy a fenestra is a gap that is usually closed over by a thin membrane, as in the openings of the middle ear. The Latin word for window shows through, which is why fenestra also turns up in architecture and in surgical talk about cutting an opening.
How FENESTRA is used
Fenestra is a specialist term in anatomy, zoology and surgery, rarely met in everyday speech.
- The surgeon created a fenestra in the cast so the wound could be inspected daily.
- Sound passes from the middle ear into the inner ear through a membrane-covered fenestra.
- A fenestra in the bone showed up clearly on the scan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FENESTRA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FENESTRA
The 8 tiles of FENESTRA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FENESTRA
10 longer words begin with FENESTRA.
Shorter words from the letters in FENESTRA
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Common questions about FENESTRA
- Is FENESTRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FENESTRA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FENESTRA worth?
- FENESTRA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FENESTRA mean?
- A small window-like opening, especially a natural or surgically made hole in a bone or other body structure.
- What letters can be added to FENESTRA?
- FENESTRA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FENESTRA:
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