FIANCHETTO is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. FIANCHETTO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIANCHETTO?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIANCHETTO is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIANCHETTO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fianchettosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIANCHETTO scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FIANCHETTO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FIANCHETTO has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FIANCHETTO mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To develop a bishop in chess by moving it one square to a long diagonal, usually on the second rank next to a knight pawn.
The Italian word means little flank, and the setup is popular with players who want to control the centre from a distance. A bishop that is fianchettoed sits behind its pawn and looks along the board's longest diagonal. It is also a noun for the resulting position.
How FIANCHETTO is used
Chess term, used both as a verb and for the bishop setup it creates.
- Many players fianchetto the bishop early in the King's Indian Defence.
- She decided to fianchetto her bishop and castle on the next move.
- Black chose to fianchetto and left the centre to White.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIANCHETTO and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIANCHETTO
4 longer words begin with FIANCHETTO.
Shorter words from the letters in FIANCHETTO
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Common questions about FIANCHETTO
- Is FIANCHETTO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIANCHETTO, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIANCHETTO worth?
- FIANCHETTO is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIANCHETTO mean?
- To develop a bishop in chess by moving it one square to a long diagonal, usually on the second rank next to a knight pawn.
- What letters can be added to FIANCHETTO?
- FIANCHETTO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FIANCHETTO:
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