FISTY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. FISTY 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FISTY?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FISTY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FISTY
No single letter turns FISTY into another word.
How FISTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FISTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about FISTY
- The letters of FISTY run in alphabetical order from first to last.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FISTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
raredialect
Resembling a clenched fist, or inclined to fight with the fists.
Fisty describes something shaped like a clenched hand, such as a fisty knot of rope or a fisty little bud on a plant. The word can also describe a person's temper, so a fisty argument is one that threatens to turn physical. Because the sense stays narrow and mostly descriptive, fisty turns up far more often in older or regional writing than in modern standard prose.
How FISTY is used
Rare outside dialect or descriptive writing; not part of everyday vocabulary.
- The bud on the stem was a small, fisty little knot of green.
- His fisty grip on the handle showed how nervous he was.
- The argument grew fisty before anyone stepped in to calm it.
- She tied a fisty knot that no one else could loosen.
- The old sailor kept a fisty hold on the rope the whole crossing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FISTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FISTY
Common questions about FISTY
- Is FISTY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FISTY is not in it.
- How many points is FISTY worth?
- FISTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FISTY mean?
- Resembling a clenched fist, or inclined to fight with the fists.
- What letters can be added to FISTY?
- No single letter can be added to FISTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FISTY:
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