FULLAM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FULLAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FULLAM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FULLAM is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FULLAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fullamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FULLAM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FULLAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What does FULLAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A die that has been loaded or weighted so that it falls unfairly.
In older English a fullam was a gambler's cheating tool, a die secretly weighted so that it favoured one number. The name was also spelled fulham, and writers of the Elizabethan age used it to describe dishonest dice play. Today the word is a curiosity found in historical texts and word games rather than in speech.
How FULLAM is used
Archaic; met in period writing about gambling and cheating.
- The sharper rolled a fullam and won the pot.
- Nobody suspected that the fullam in his pocket had been loaded with lead.
- He was thrown out of the tavern for using a fullam.
- The old play mentions a fullam among the tools of a cheat.
- A fullam always seemed to come up with a six.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FULLAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FULLAM
1 longer words begin with FULLAM.
Shorter words from the letters in FULLAM
Common questions about FULLAM
- Is FULLAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FULLAM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FULLAM worth?
- FULLAM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FULLAM mean?
- A die that has been loaded or weighted so that it falls unfairly.
- What letters can be added to FULLAM?
- FULLAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FULLAM:
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