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FACTOIDS

8 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What FACTOIDS Means

FACTOIDS is a form of FACTOID, which means:

  1. noun: something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print
  2. noun: a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FACTOIDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 A1 C3 T1 O1 I1 D2 S1.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.