FROTTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FROTTAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FROTTAGE?
| 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 FROTTAGE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FROTTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
frottagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FROTTAGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FROTTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FROTTAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FROTTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An art technique in which paper is laid over a textured surface and rubbed with pencil or crayon to pick up its pattern.
Surrealist painters such as Max Ernst made the method famous, turning floorboards and leaves into dreamlike scenes. Children do something similar when they rub a coin under paper. The finished picture is named frottage too, not only the process.
How FROTTAGE is used
In art writing, frottage names both the rubbing method and the work produced by it.
- The gallery displayed a frottage made from old wooden planks.
- She used frottage to capture the bark of the oak on thin paper.
- Ernst's early frottage pieces look like forests drawn by a dreamer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FROTTAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FROTTAGE
1 longer words begin with FROTTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in FROTTAGE
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Common questions about FROTTAGE
- Is FROTTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FROTTAGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FROTTAGE worth?
- FROTTAGE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FROTTAGE mean?
- An art technique in which paper is laid over a textured surface and rubbed with pencil or crayon to pick up its pattern.
- What letters can be added to FROTTAGE?
- FROTTAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FROTTAGE:
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