FRIER is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FRIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRIER?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRIER is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRIER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
friersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRIER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FRIER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,237.
What stands out about FRIER
- The same 5 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 FRIER mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A variant spelling of fryer: a deep pan or appliance used for frying food, or a young chicken suitable for frying.
Frier appears mainly as an older or less common alternative spelling of fryer, the word most modern dictionaries prefer for both the cooking vessel and the young bird raised specifically for frying. Older cookbooks and historical documents sometimes use frier where current writing would use fryer, so the two spellings refer to exactly the same things rather than different objects. A butcher selling a frier means a chicken tender enough to fry quickly rather than one better suited to slow roasting or stewing. Modern kitchen appliances, including the electric deep frier, still occasionally carry this older spelling on packaging and in older manuals.
How FRIER is used
An older or nonstandard spelling; current writing generally prefers fryer for the same meanings.
- The old recipe called for a whole frier cut into pieces.
- He plugged in the electric frier before slicing the potatoes.
- The butcher set aside a plump frier for the customer.
- Grease from the frier had stained the kitchen counter.
- Her grandmother's manual still spelled it frier, not fryer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRIER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FRIER
The 5 tiles of FRIER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FRIER
1 longer words begin with FRIER.
Shorter words from the letters in FRIER
Common questions about FRIER
- Is FRIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRIER, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRIER worth?
- FRIER is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRIER mean?
- A variant spelling of fryer: a deep pan or appliance used for frying food, or a young chicken suitable for frying.
- What letters can be added to FRIER?
- FRIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FRIER:
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