FISTIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FISTIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FISTIC?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FISTIC is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FISTIC
No single letter turns FISTIC into another word.
How FISTIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FISTIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does FISTIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
humorous
Relating to boxing or to fighting with the fists.
The word fistic is built from fist and has a playful, slightly old-fashioned tone, as if the writer were smiling at a brawl. It turns up in sports journalism of earlier times and in comic prose about scraps between schoolboys. A plainer choice today would simply be the word boxing.
How FISTIC is used
Humorous or jocular; rare outside sports writing and comic prose.
- The newspaper called the match a fistic carnival.
- He had a short and unhappy fistic career.
- Their quarrel ended in a fistic encounter behind the barn.
- The old trainer told fistic tales to anyone who listened.
- She had no taste for fistic sports of any kind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FISTIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FISTIC
5 longer words begin with FISTIC.
Shorter words from the letters in FISTIC
Common questions about FISTIC
- Is FISTIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FISTIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FISTIC worth?
- FISTIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FISTIC mean?
- Relating to boxing or to fighting with the fists.
- What letters can be added to FISTIC?
- No single letter can be added to FISTIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FISTIC:
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