FILET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FILET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILET?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILET 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 FILET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
filetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FILET scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FILET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does FILET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A boneless strip or piece of meat or fish, or an open-work fabric or lace decorated with a knotted or woven pattern.
A cook prepares a filet by slicing away the bones and connective tissue from a larger cut, leaving a tender piece such as a beef filet or a filet of sole. The same word also names a much older craft sense, where a filet is a net-like fabric worked into a grid and then filled in with embroidery to form patterns, a technique still called filet lace or filet crochet. English borrowed filet directly from French, where the word simply means a small thread or strip, and that original sense of thin, careful cutting links both meanings together. Restaurants often keep the French spelling on menus even when the rest of the dish description is in plain English.
How FILET is used
Common in cooking for a boneless cut of meat or fish, and in needlework for a specific style of net lace.
- The chef grilled a thick filet of salmon for dinner.
- She trimmed the filet carefully to remove every small bone.
- The tablecloth was edged with delicate filet lace.
- He ordered a filet mignon cooked medium rare.
- The pattern book showed several designs for filet crochet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FILET
The 5 tiles of FILET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FILET
3 longer words begin with FILET.
Shorter words from the letters in FILET
Common questions about FILET
- Is FILET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILET, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILET worth?
- FILET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILET mean?
- A boneless strip or piece of meat or fish, or an open-work fabric or lace decorated with a knotted or woven pattern.
- What letters can be added to FILET?
- FILET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FILET:
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