FUSTIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FUSTIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUSTIAN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUSTIAN is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUSTIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fustiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FUSTIAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FUSTIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What stands out about FUSTIAN
- The same 7 tiles also spell 3 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 FUSTIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A coarse, hard-wearing cloth of cotton and flax, or pompous and inflated speech.
Fustian began as a sturdy fabric worn by labourers, then took on a figurative sense of bombast. A speaker accused of fustian is full of grand words with little behind them.
How FUSTIAN is used
Fustian is literary, used for the old cloth in history and for pretentious language in criticism.
- The workers wore jackets of brown fustian.
- His speech was nothing but fustian and noise.
- The critic dismissed the novel as fustian.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUSTIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FUSTIAN
The 7 tiles of FUSTIAN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with FUSTIAN
11 longer words begin with FUSTIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in FUSTIAN
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Common questions about FUSTIAN
- Is FUSTIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUSTIAN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUSTIAN worth?
- FUSTIAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUSTIAN mean?
- A coarse, hard-wearing cloth of cotton and flax, or pompous and inflated speech.
- What letters can be added to FUSTIAN?
- FUSTIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FUSTIAN:
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