FINESPUN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FINESPUN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FINESPUN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FINESPUN is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FINESPUN
No single letter turns FINESPUN into another word.
How FINESPUN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FINESPUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FINESPUN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FINESPUN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Drawn out to a very fine thread, or worked out with excessive subtlety.
Finespun describes delicate cloth or thread, but it is also used for arguments so refined that they seem to lose touch with reality. The sense of thinness runs through both uses.
How FINESPUN is used
Literary, applied to fabric, theories and distinctions.
- She wore a finespun scarf of pale wool.
- His finespun theory collapsed at the first question.
- The finespun distinction was lost on the jury.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FINESPUN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FINESPUN
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Common questions about FINESPUN
- Is FINESPUN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FINESPUN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FINESPUN worth?
- FINESPUN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FINESPUN mean?
- Drawn out to a very fine thread, or worked out with excessive subtlety.
- What letters can be added to FINESPUN?
- No single letter can be added to FINESPUN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FINESPUN:
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