FIEST is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. FIEST is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FIEST?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIEST is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIEST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fiestaChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How FIEST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FIEST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does FIEST mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicrare
Whimsical or fey; possessing an otherworldly, playful strangeness.
Writers reached for fiest to describe someone touched by whimsy or a slightly uncanny playfulness, close in meaning to the more familiar word fey. The word is rare enough that it survives mainly in archaic glossaries rather than any living usage.
How FIEST is used
Found only in archaic word lists, not in modern speech.
- The old ballad painted the wanderer as fiest and unpredictable.
- Something fiest about her smile unsettled the room.
- The old play described a fiest character whose humor confused the audience.
- He described the forest spirit as fiest rather than frightening.
- Her fiest manner made her impossible to read.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIEST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FIEST
The 5 tiles of FIEST in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FIEST
2 longer words begin with FIEST.
Words ending in FIEST
Showing 24 of 48 words that end in FIEST. Useful as a back hook: play FIEST onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in FIEST
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Common questions about FIEST
- Is FIEST valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FIEST is not in it.
- How many points is FIEST worth?
- FIEST is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIEST mean?
- Whimsical or fey; possessing an otherworldly, playful strangeness.
- What letters can be added to FIEST?
- FIEST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FIEST:
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