FICTIONIST is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FICTIONIST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FICTIONIST?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FICTIONIST is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FICTIONIST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fictionistsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FICTIONIST scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FICTIONIST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FICTIONIST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FICTIONIST mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalrare
A person who writes novels or short stories.
A fictionist is simply an author of invented narrative, with no judgement about quality. The word is rare and sounds slightly bookish next to novelist.
How FICTIONIST is used
A rather formal, uncommon term for a writer of made-up stories.
- The fictionist spent years polishing her first collection.
- As a fictionist he preferred invented worlds to memoir.
- The festival honours a different fictionist each autumn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FICTIONIST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FICTIONIST
1 longer words begin with FICTIONIST.
Shorter words from the letters in FICTIONIST
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Common questions about FICTIONIST
- Is FICTIONIST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FICTIONIST, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FICTIONIST worth?
- FICTIONIST is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FICTIONIST mean?
- A person who writes novels or short stories.
- What letters can be added to FICTIONIST?
- FICTIONIST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FICTIONIST:
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