FURNACE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FURNACE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FURNACE?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FURNACE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FURNACE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FURNACE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FURNACE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 257,323.
What does FURNACE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An enclosed structure in which fuel is burned to produce intense heat for heating buildings or processing materials.
In a house the furnace sits in the basement and warms the air or water for every room. In industry a furnace smelts metal or fires ceramics at far higher temperatures. Calling a place a furnace also means it is unbearably hot.
How FURNACE is used
Furnace is common in everyday talk about home heating and in industrial work.
- The furnace clicked on as the night turned cold.
- Workers fed ore into the blast furnace.
- The attic was a furnace in August.
- We had the furnace serviced before winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FURNACE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FURNACE
2 longer words begin with FURNACE.
Shorter words from the letters in FURNACE
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Common questions about FURNACE
- Is FURNACE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FURNACE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FURNACE worth?
- FURNACE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FURNACE mean?
- An enclosed structure in which fuel is burned to produce intense heat for heating buildings or processing materials.
- What letters can be added to FURNACE?
- FURNACE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FURNACE:
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