FICHU is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FICHU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FICHU?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FICHU is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FICHU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fichusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FICHU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FICHU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does FICHU mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A triangular or draped piece of light fabric worn by women over the shoulders and tucked or tied at the front of the bodice.
A fichu was typically made of light material such as lace, muslin or silk and served both to modesty and decoration, filling in a low neckline or softening the line of a fitted bodice. The garment was especially popular in eighteenth and nineteenth century women's fashion, appearing in portraits of the period draped loosely across the shoulders and crossed over the chest. Costume historians still use fichu to describe this specific accessory, distinguishing it from a shawl by its smaller size and its function of dressing a neckline rather than covering the whole upper body. The word came into English directly from French, where fichu also carries an unrelated informal meaning of something ruined or done for.
How FICHU is used
A historical costume term, used mainly in discussion of eighteenth and nineteenth century women's fashion.
- The portrait showed the lady in a lace fichu crossed over her bodice.
- Costume designers researched the proper way to drape a fichu.
- A muslin fichu softened the low neckline of the gown.
- The museum displayed an embroidered fichu from the 1780s.
- She tied the fichu at the front, as fashion plates of the era showed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FICHU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FICHU
1 longer words begin with FICHU.
Shorter words from the letters in FICHU
Common questions about FICHU
- Is FICHU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FICHU, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FICHU worth?
- FICHU is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FICHU mean?
- A triangular or draped piece of light fabric worn by women over the shoulders and tucked or tied at the front of the bodice.
- What letters can be added to FICHU?
- FICHU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FICHU:
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