FESCENNINE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FESCENNINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FESCENNINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FESCENNINE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FESCENNINE
No single letter turns FESCENNINE into another word.
How FESCENNINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FESCENNINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FESCENNINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FESCENNINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryrare
Coarse and indecent in a mocking, scurrilous way, like the rough verses of ancient Roman festivals.
Fescennine verse was bawdy banter sung at weddings and harvests in early Rome. Writers borrow fescennine today to scold or describe crude, jeering humour.
How FESCENNINE is used
A rare literary word for ribald, obscene verse or talk.
- The critic dismissed the lyrics as fescennine doggerel.
- A fescennine song rang out from the back of the tavern.
- He had a fescennine wit that shocked the polite guests.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FESCENNINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FESCENNINE
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Common questions about FESCENNINE
- Is FESCENNINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FESCENNINE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FESCENNINE worth?
- FESCENNINE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FESCENNINE mean?
- Coarse and indecent in a mocking, scurrilous way, like the rough verses of ancient Roman festivals.
- What letters can be added to FESCENNINE?
- No single letter can be added to FESCENNINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FESCENNINE:
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