FILMI is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FILMI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILMI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILMI is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILMI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FILMI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FILMI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does FILMI mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Indian English
Resembling or characteristic of the exaggerated, melodramatic style of mainstream Indian, especially Bollywood, cinema.
Filmi describes anything that looks or feels like it belongs in a big Bollywood production, from dramatic gestures and sudden songs to over-the-top plot twists in real life. The word can describe music, fashion, dance moves, or even a person's behavior when it seems theatrically exaggerated rather than natural. Because Indian popular cinema is often simply called filmi in casual speech, the adjective and the informal noun for the industry itself share the same root.
How FILMI is used
Common in Indian English, both in casual conversation and in coverage of Bollywood culture.
- Her wedding entrance was so filmi that guests started clapping and cheering.
- He has a filmi taste in music, full of dramatic ballads.
- The politician's speech felt almost filmi in its dramatic flourishes.
- Critics called the new song thoroughly filmi in style.
- She danced with filmi flair at her cousin's sangeet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILMI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FILMI
11 longer words begin with FILMI.
Words with FILMI inside
2 words contain FILMI in the middle. Words that start with FILMI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FILMI
Common questions about FILMI
- Is FILMI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILMI, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILMI worth?
- FILMI is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILMI mean?
- Resembling or characteristic of the exaggerated, melodramatic style of mainstream Indian, especially Bollywood, cinema.
- What letters can be added to FILMI?
- FILMI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FILMI:
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