Is FRIGHTENS a word?
FRIGHTENS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, FRIGHTENS is a valid word.
What does frightens mean?
FRIGHTENS is an inflected form of frighten.
verb: cause fear in.
“The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
FRIGHTENS: word details
- Pronunciation: FREYE-tuhnz (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 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 frightens
Words you can make from the letters of frightens.
Solve a whole rack, not just FRIGHTENS
FRIGHTENS 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 FRIGHTENS mean?
FRIGHTENS is an inflected form of frighten and is a verb. It means: cause fear in.
Is FRIGHTENS a valid word?
Yes, FRIGHTENS is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 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.