FIMBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FIMBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIMBLE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIMBLE is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIMBLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fimblesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIMBLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FIMBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does FIMBLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The male plant of hemp.
Cannabis and hemp crops have separate sexes, and growers once pulled the fimble early because its slender stalks gave the finer fibre for cloth. The word is a dialect form in English and has become very rare, kept alive mainly in word lists.
How FIMBLE is used
Rare and old-fashioned; used in older farming and botanical writing.
- The farmer cut each fimble before the seed formed.
- A fimble stood taller and thinner than its neighbours.
- They sorted the fimble from the female hemp by hand.
- The old book describes how to harvest the fimble.
- Fine thread was spun from the fimble in autumn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIMBLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIMBLE
1 longer words begin with FIMBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in FIMBLE
Common questions about FIMBLE
- Is FIMBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIMBLE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIMBLE worth?
- FIMBLE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIMBLE mean?
- The male plant of hemp.
- What letters can be added to FIMBLE?
- FIMBLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FIMBLE:
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