FIXURE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FIXURE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIXURE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIXURE is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIXURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fixuresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIXURE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FIXURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does FIXURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicrare
The quality of being firmly fixed in place; steadiness and firmness.
Fixure is an old word that Shakespeare used and that later writers rarely touched. It was overtaken by fixture, which now means a thing fixed in place.
How FIXURE is used
Archaic; do not confuse it with the modern word fixture.
- The poet praised the fixure of true friendship.
- Nothing in the fixure of the old tower suggested it would fall.
- A dictionary of old words records fixure as meaning firmness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIXURE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIXURE
1 longer words begin with FIXURE.
Shorter words from the letters in FIXURE
Common questions about FIXURE
- Is FIXURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIXURE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIXURE worth?
- FIXURE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIXURE mean?
- The quality of being firmly fixed in place; steadiness and firmness.
- What letters can be added to FIXURE?
- FIXURE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FIXURE:
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