FRETTING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FRETTING 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 FRETTING?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRETTING is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRETTING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
frettingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRETTING scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FRETTING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FRETTING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FRETTING mean in Scrabble?
noun
Constant worry or anxious distress, or the slow wearing away of a surface by rubbing.
Fretting can be a mental state, a restless anxiety over small things, or a physical process in which two surfaces rub and wear each other down. Engineers speak of fretting corrosion in machine parts.
How FRETTING is used
Everyday for worry; technical for wear of metal parts.
- All the fretting in the world will not change the result.
- Fretting between the two plates caused the crack.
- Her constant fretting kept the whole house awake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRETTING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FRETTING
1 longer words begin with FRETTING.
Shorter words from the letters in FRETTING
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Common questions about FRETTING
- Is FRETTING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRETTING, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRETTING worth?
- FRETTING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRETTING mean?
- Constant worry or anxious distress, or the slow wearing away of a surface by rubbing.
- What letters can be added to FRETTING?
- FRETTING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FRETTING:
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