FEZ is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FEZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FEZ?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FEZ is to know. It scores 15 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FEZ
No single letter turns FEZ into another word.
How FEZ scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FEZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What stands out about FEZ
- At 15 points, FEZ is among the ten highest-scoring 3-letter words we list.
- FEZ averages 5 points a tile — one of 118 words that dense.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FEZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
A brimless red felt hat shaped like a truncated cone.
The fez took its name from a city in Morocco and its meaning from Ottoman politics: it was made compulsory in 1829 to replace the turban, and banned in Turkey in 1925 for exactly the reason it had once been imposed. A hat can carry an argument about a country for a century.
How FEZ is used
Countable: a fez, two fezzes. The tassel is black and hangs from the crown.
- He wore a fez indoors and nobody remarked on it.
- The fez was compulsory in one century and illegal in the next.
- A fez keeps its shape only if it is stored upright.
- The tassel on the fez had been replaced twice.
- Two men in a fez each stood at the door of the club.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FEZ and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FEZ
4 longer words begin with FEZ.
Shorter words from the letters in FEZ
Common questions about FEZ
- Is FEZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FEZ, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FEZ worth?
- FEZ is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FEZ mean?
- A brimless red felt hat shaped like a truncated cone.
- What letters can be added to FEZ?
- No single letter can be added to FEZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FEZ:
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