FRACTUR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FRACTUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRACTUR?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRACTUR is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRACTUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRACTUR scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FRACTUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,235 thousand.
What does FRACTUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A style of German black-letter type with sharp, broken lines, once the usual print for German texts.
Fractur was used in German books and newspapers from the sixteenth century until the middle of the twentieth century. Today the decorative letters still appear on beer labels, pub signs and some newspaper titles.
How FRACTUR is used
Used in typography and about older German printing.
- The old Bible was printed in a dense fractur.
- The pub sign was lettered in fractur.
- She studied fractur to read her grandmother's letters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRACTUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FRACTUR
9 longer words begin with FRACTUR.
Shorter words from the letters in FRACTUR
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Common questions about FRACTUR
- Is FRACTUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRACTUR, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRACTUR worth?
- FRACTUR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRACTUR mean?
- A style of German black-letter type with sharp, broken lines, once the usual print for German texts.
- What letters can be added to FRACTUR?
- FRACTUR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FRACTUR:
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