FIQH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. FIQH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 19 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept FIQH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIQH is to know. It scores 19 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIQH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fiqhsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIQH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FIQH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What stands out about FIQH
- FIQH takes a Q without a U — one of only 93 words in our lists that do. That is the cheapest way to get rid of the ten-point tile.
- FIQH scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FIQH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Islamic jurisprudence.
Fiqh is the human effort to understand divine law, and it is deliberately kept distinct from that law itself: scholars may differ on fiqh without any of them being in error. Four main schools have coexisted for a thousand years.
How FIQH is used
Uncountable; there is no plural and no verb.
- Fiqh is the human reading and not the divine law itself.
- The word fiqh means understanding in Arabic.
- Four schools of fiqh have coexisted for a thousand years.
- Two scholars can differ on fiqh and both be respected.
- A question of fiqh is answered by argument and not by decree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIQH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIQH
1 longer words begin with FIQH.
Shorter words from the letters in FIQH
Common questions about FIQH
- Is FIQH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIQH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIQH worth?
- FIQH is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIQH mean?
- Islamic jurisprudence.
- What letters can be added to FIQH?
- FIQH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FIQH:
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