FILMSETTER is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FILMSETTER 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 FILMSETTER?
| 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 FILMSETTER is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILMSETTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
filmsettersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FILMSETTER scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FILMSETTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FILMSETTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FILMSETTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
printingtechnical
A machine or operator that sets type photographically onto film for printing.
Filmsetters replaced hot-metal composing in the later twentieth century and were in turn replaced by desktop publishing. The word now belongs mostly to the history of printing.
How FILMSETTER is used
A printing-trade term for photographic typesetting equipment or its operator.
- The old filmsetter filled half of the print shop.
- She trained as a filmsetter before computers took over the trade.
- Each filmsetter produced galleys of text on photographic paper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILMSETTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FILMSETTER
1 longer words begin with FILMSETTER.
Shorter words from the letters in FILMSETTER
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Common questions about FILMSETTER
- Is FILMSETTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILMSETTER, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILMSETTER worth?
- FILMSETTER is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILMSETTER mean?
- A machine or operator that sets type photographically onto film for printing.
- What letters can be added to FILMSETTER?
- FILMSETTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FILMSETTER:
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