FERRET is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FERRET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FERRET?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FERRET is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FERRET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FERRET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FERRET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 100,341.
What does FERRET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, slender, long-bodied carnivorous mammal related to the weasel, kept as a pet and once used to drive rabbits out of their burrows.
The domestic ferret is a tamed form of the polecat and has been bred for centuries. Hunters sent it down rabbit holes, a sport called ferreting, and that activity gave rise to the verb meaning to search something out. The animal is playful, sleeps for much of the day and is now a common household pet in many countries.
How FERRET is used
Also the root of a figure of speech: a person who ferrets out a secret is searching as stubbornly as the animal does.
- The ferret slipped into the burrow after the rabbit.
- She kept a pet ferret that slept in a hammock.
- A ferret can squeeze through a hole hardly wider than its own head.
- The farmer borrowed a ferret to clear rats from the barn.
- Our neighbour walks her ferret on a little harness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FERRET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FERRET
9 longer words begin with FERRET.
Shorter words from the letters in FERRET
Common questions about FERRET
- Is FERRET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FERRET, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FERRET worth?
- FERRET is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FERRET mean?
- A small, slender, long-bodied carnivorous mammal related to the weasel, kept as a pet and once used to drive rabbits out of their burrows.
- What letters can be added to FERRET?
- FERRET takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FERRET:
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