FRETTED is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FRETTED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRETTED?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRETTED is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRETTED
No single letter turns FRETTED into another word.
How FRETTED scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FRETTED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 336,859.
What does FRETTED mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Decorated with fretwork, worn away by rubbing, or, of a stringed instrument, fitted with frets.
Guitars and lutes are called fretted instruments because raised bars on the neck mark where the fingers stop the strings, unlike a violin. In architecture a fretted ceiling or screen carries carved patterns of interlacing lines.
How FRETTED is used
Used in music, architecture and descriptions of worn surfaces.
- The guitar is a fretted instrument, while the cello is not.
- A fretted ceiling of carved wood covered the hall.
- Rain left the old stone with a fretted edge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRETTED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FRETTED
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Common questions about FRETTED
- Is FRETTED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRETTED, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRETTED worth?
- FRETTED is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRETTED mean?
- Decorated with fretwork, worn away by rubbing, or, of a stringed instrument, fitted with frets.
- What letters can be added to FRETTED?
- No single letter can be added to FRETTED to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FRETTED:
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