FEVER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FEVER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEVER?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEVER is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEVER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
feversChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FEVER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FEVER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,530.
What does FEVER mean in Scrabble?
noun
An abnormally high body temperature, usually a sign that the body is fighting an infection.
A fever is the body's own response to illness rather than the illness itself: the internal thermostat is deliberately reset higher, which is thought to make conditions worse for many invading bacteria and viruses. Doctors treat a fever as a useful clue rather than an enemy in its own right, and they usually worry more about how high it runs and how long it lasts than about the fact of it existing at all. The word has spread far beyond medicine to describe any state of intense excitement or agitation, as in election fever or gold fever, where the heat is entirely metaphorical, and several serious diseases are even named directly after the symptom.
How FEVER is used
Countable and uncountable, as in a slight fever or running a fever; also used figuratively for intense excitement.
- The child's fever broke by morning and she was hungry again.
- Doctors monitor a fever rather than treat it immediately in most cases.
- Election fever gripped the town for the whole final week.
- He caught a tropical fever on the same trip that changed his career.
- A high fever sent them straight to the emergency room.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEVER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEVER
18 longer words begin with FEVER.
Words ending in FEVER
1 words end in FEVER. Useful as a back hook: play FEVER onto a word already on the board.
Words with FEVER inside
3 words contain FEVER in the middle. Words that start with FEVER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FEVER
Common questions about FEVER
- Is FEVER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEVER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEVER worth?
- FEVER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEVER mean?
- An abnormally high body temperature, usually a sign that the body is fighting an infection.
- What letters can be added to FEVER?
- FEVER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FEVER:
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