FETID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FETID 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 FETID?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FETID is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FETID
No single letter turns FETID into another word.
How FETID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FETID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does FETID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a strong, offensive smell; stinking.
Fetid describes odours that are unpleasant and often associated with decay, stagnation, or rot, such as the smell of a swamp, spoiled food, or an unclean wound. Writers frequently reach for fetid to add a vivid, unpleasant sensory detail to a description of a dank cellar, a polluted river, or a neglected room. The related, older spelling foetid is still occasionally used, especially in British English, though fetid is now the more common form.
How FETID is used
Used mainly in descriptive or literary writing to intensify an unpleasant smell, as in a fetid swamp or fetid breath.
- A fetid smell rose from the stagnant pond behind the barn.
- The dungeon reeked with a fetid mixture of mould and decay.
- She wrinkled her nose at the fetid air of the alleyway.
- The wound had turned fetid despite the bandage.
- Fetid water pooled beneath the broken drainpipe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FETID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FETID
7 longer words begin with FETID.
Words with FETID inside
4 words contain FETID in the middle. Words that start with FETID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FETID
Common questions about FETID
- Is FETID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FETID, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FETID worth?
- FETID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FETID mean?
- Having a strong, offensive smell; stinking.
- What letters can be added to FETID?
- No single letter can be added to FETID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FETID:
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