FRISE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FRISE 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 FRISE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRISE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRISE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRISE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FRISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about FRISE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 FRISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A coarse, heavy fabric with an uncut or partly uncut looped pile, used chiefly for upholstery and carpets; also, in architecture, a decorated band between the architrave and cornice, elsewhere spelled frieze.
A frise carpet or armchair gets its rough, nubby texture from loops of yarn left uncut or only partly cut during weaving, which makes the material especially hard-wearing under heavy use. The word came into English from French and shares its root with frieze, the more familiar spelling used for the decorative band running along the top of a wall or building. Furniture makers favor frise for durability rather than softness, since its dense, looped surface resists wear far better than a smooth weave. Because frise and frieze developed from the same origin, older texts sometimes use one spelling where a modern reader would expect the other.
How FRISE is used
Chiefly a technical term in upholstery and carpet-making; the architectural sense usually appears as frieze instead.
- The sofa was upholstered in a durable gray frise.
- Workers laid a thick frise carpet in the busy hallway.
- The catalog described the fabric as a heavy woven frise.
- A band of frise ran just below the ceiling molding.
- She chose frise over velvet for its rugged texture.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRISE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FRISE
The 5 tiles of FRISE in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with FRISE
7 longer words begin with FRISE.
Shorter words from the letters in FRISE
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Common questions about FRISE
- Is FRISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRISE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRISE worth?
- FRISE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRISE mean?
- A coarse, heavy fabric with an uncut or partly uncut looped pile, used chiefly for upholstery and carpets; also, in architecture, a decorated band between the architrave and cornice, elsewhere spelled frieze.
- What letters can be added to FRISE?
- FRISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FRISE:
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