FES is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 6 points
Yes for Scrabble. FES is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept FES?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FES is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FES scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does FES mean in Scrabble?
noun
Instances of the Hebrew letter also written pe or peh, named in the plural form of fe.
A scribe listing the letters of a page counts the fes along with the other consonants, since the same character carries two sounds depending on a dot inside it. English keeps several spellings of the name because the letter reached us through more than one transliteration.
How FES is used
Belongs to writing about the Hebrew alphabet; the plural is the form met in word lists.
- The page held four fes and no other labials.
- He copied the fes carefully, dot and all.
- Counting the fes told her which scribe had written the column.
- Two fes stood at the end of consecutive lines.
- The primer prints the fes larger than the rest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FES
The 3 tiles of FES in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FES
Showing 24 of 55 words that begin with FES.
Words ending in FES
Showing 24 of 53 words that end in FES. Useful as a back hook: play FES onto a word already on the board.
Words with FES inside
Showing 24 of 180 words that contain FES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FES
Common questions about FES
- Is FES valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FES is not in it.
- How many points is FES worth?
- FES is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FES mean?
- Instances of the Hebrew letter also written pe or peh, named in the plural form of fe.
- What letters can be added to FES?
- FES takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FES:
Open FES in the Word Finder