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Is FAMINE a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list FAMINE is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
11136

What does FAMINE mean?

  1. nounan acute insufficiency
  2. nouna severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

Definitions from WordNet.

Hooks for FAMINE

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Words inside FAMINE

See all 53 words you can make from FAMINE

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About this list

Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up FAMINE in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is FAMINE a Scrabble word?

FAMINE is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is FAMINE worth?

FAMINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does FAMINE mean?

An acute insufficiency.