FICTA is not a Scrabble word — it is valid only in Words with Friends
No for Scrabble. FICTA is in none of the Scrabble word lists, but Words with Friends accepts it: that game keeps its own list, and it includes short forms that the paper dictionaries never carried. Worth 11 points there.
Which word lists accept FICTA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Not listed |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FICTA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FICTA
No single letter turns FICTA into another word.
How FICTA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FICTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does FICTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
musichistorical
The sharps, flats or other accidentals added by a performer in early music that were not written in the score.
Ficta is short for musica ficta, Latin for feigned music, the medieval and Renaissance practice of raising or lowering a written note by a semitone to avoid a forbidden interval or to smooth a melodic line. Performers were expected to add this ficta from memory and convention rather than see it printed, so modern editors mark it above the staff as an educated guess. Musicologists still argue over exactly where ficta belongs in a given piece.
How FICTA is used
Specialist term in the study and performance of medieval and Renaissance music.
- The editor marked several notes with ficta above the staff.
- Singers of the period were trained to add ficta by ear.
- Scholars disagree about where ficta belongs in this particular piece.
- Ficta softened a harsh interval that the written notes would otherwise have created.
- The term ficta is short for musica ficta, feigned music.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FICTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FICTA
Common questions about FICTA
- Is FICTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FICTA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FICTA worth?
- FICTA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FICTA mean?
- The sharps, flats or other accidentals added by a performer in early music that were not written in the score.
- What letters can be added to FICTA?
- No single letter can be added to FICTA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FICTA:
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