FURRINER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FURRINER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FURRINER?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FURRINER is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FURRINER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
furrinersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FURRINER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FURRINER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FURRINER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FURRINER mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A dialect pronunciation of a foreigner, especially a newcomer to a local area.
Furriner appears in written dialect and comic speech, often with a teasing or suspicious tone toward outsiders. Writers use the spelling to give a character a rural voice rather than to describe anyone precisely.
How FURRINER is used
Furriner is a spelling used in dialogue to imitate rural speech.
- Folks in the village still call him a furriner after thirty years.
- The old farmer eyed the stranger and muttered "furriner".
- In the novel, every furriner is greeted with suspicion.
- Never trust a furriner with the best fishing spots, he said.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FURRINER and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FURRINER
1 longer words begin with FURRINER.
Shorter words from the letters in FURRINER
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Common questions about FURRINER
- Is FURRINER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FURRINER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FURRINER worth?
- FURRINER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FURRINER mean?
- A dialect pronunciation of a foreigner, especially a newcomer to a local area.
- What letters can be added to FURRINER?
- FURRINER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FURRINER:
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