FRA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. FRA 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FRA?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRA is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about FRA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A title placed before the name of an Italian friar or monk, equivalent to Brother.
Fra comes from the Italian word for brother and is attached to the given name of a man belonging to a religious order, the way Brother or Father might be used in English. It marks the person's position within the order rather than describing any quality of the man himself.
How FRA is used
Used specifically before Italian religious names; encountered mainly in historical and art-historical writing.
- The painting was signed by Fra Angelico, a monk of the Dominican order.
- Visitors asked to speak with Fra Marco about the old chapel records.
- The biography follows the life of Fra Bartolomeo from novice to master painter.
- Local legend still tells of Fra Diavolo's exploits in the mountains.
- The friary's oldest portrait shows Fra Silvestro at his writing desk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FRA
The 3 tiles of FRA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FRA
Showing 24 of 393 words that begin with FRA.
Words ending in FRA
1 words end in FRA. Useful as a back hook: play FRA onto a word already on the board.
Words with FRA inside
Showing 24 of 289 words that contain FRA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FRA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FRA
Common questions about FRA
- Is FRA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FRA is not in it.
- How many points is FRA worth?
- FRA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRA mean?
- A title placed before the name of an Italian friar or monk, equivalent to Brother.
- What letters can be added to FRA?
- FRA takes 8 hooks: 0 in front and 8 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FRA:
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