FORSAKEN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FORSAKEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORSAKEN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORSAKEN is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORSAKEN
No single letter turns FORSAKEN into another word.
How FORSAKEN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FORSAKEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FORSAKEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FORSAKEN
- All 8 letters of FORSAKEN are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FORSAKEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Abandoned or left completely alone, often in a lonely or desolate state.
Writers like forsaken for places and people that have been given up on, which gives the word a mournful, solemn tone. It suggests that someone once cared and then left.
How FORSAKEN is used
Common in poetry, songs and dramatic prose; rare in everyday conversation.
- A forsaken cottage stood at the end of the lane.
- She felt forsaken after all her friends moved away.
- The forsaken village slowly sank into the marsh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORSAKEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FORSAKEN
3 longer words begin with FORSAKEN.
Shorter words from the letters in FORSAKEN
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Common questions about FORSAKEN
- Is FORSAKEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORSAKEN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORSAKEN worth?
- FORSAKEN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORSAKEN mean?
- Abandoned or left completely alone, often in a lonely or desolate state.
- What letters can be added to FORSAKEN?
- No single letter can be added to FORSAKEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FORSAKEN:
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