FESCUE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FESCUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FESCUE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FESCUE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FESCUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fescuesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FESCUE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FESCUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 282,209.
What does FESCUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tough, narrow-leaved grass of the genus Festuca, grown for lawns and pasture.
Fescue grasses form tufts of fine blades and cope well with shade, drought and poor soil, which is why they are sown on lawns, golf courses and hill pasture. The word began as a small stick or pointer used by teachers to indicate letters to pupils, from Old French festu meaning a straw. The grass took the name from its stem-like blades.
How FESCUE is used
Common in gardening and farming; the pointer sense is old and rare.
- The greenkeeper seeded the shaded slope with fescue.
- Sheep grazed on the fescue of the upland pasture.
- A mix of fescue and ryegrass keeps the lawn green through summer.
- The teacher tapped each letter with a fescue.
- Blue fescue is a small ornamental grass for rock gardens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FESCUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FESCUE
1 longer words begin with FESCUE.
Shorter words from the letters in FESCUE
Common questions about FESCUE
- Is FESCUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FESCUE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FESCUE worth?
- FESCUE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FESCUE mean?
- A tough, narrow-leaved grass of the genus Festuca, grown for lawns and pasture.
- What letters can be added to FESCUE?
- FESCUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FESCUE:
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