FIRM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FIRM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIRM?
| 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 FIRM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIRM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
firmsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIRM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FIRM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does FIRM mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Solid and not yielding under pressure.
Firm as a description and firm as a business are two different words that fell together by accident: the second came through Italian from a Latin one about signing. Nothing but coincidence joins them.
How FIRM is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative firmer.
- A firm mattress and a hard one are not the same thing.
- The word firm meaning a business is a separate borrowing.
- Hold it firmly and it will not shift.
- Two firm answers and one evasion.
- A firmer stance would have ended the argument sooner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIRM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIRM
17 longer words begin with FIRM.
Words ending in FIRM
10 words end in FIRM. Useful as a back hook: play FIRM onto a word already on the board.
Words with FIRM inside
Showing 24 of 81 words that contain FIRM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FIRM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FIRM
Common questions about FIRM
- Is FIRM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIRM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIRM worth?
- FIRM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIRM mean?
- Solid and not yielding under pressure.
- What letters can be added to FIRM?
- FIRM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FIRM:
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