Is FAMILIES a word?
FAMILIES is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, FAMILIES is a valid word.
What does families mean?
FAMILIES is an inflected form of family.
noun: a social unit living together.
“he moved his family to Virginia”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
FAMILIES: word details
- Pronunciation: FA-muh-leez (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside families
Words you can make from the letters of families.
Solve a whole rack, not just FAMILIES
FAMILIES is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does FAMILIES mean?
FAMILIES is an inflected form of family and is a noun. It means: a social unit living together.
Is FAMILIES a valid word?
Yes, FAMILIES is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.