FRICATIVES

10 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What FRICATIVES Means

FRICATIVES is a form of FRICATIVE, which means:

noun: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
adjective: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

Similar words

SPIRANT CONTINUANT SIBILANT STRIDENT

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FRICATIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 R1 I1 C3 A1 T1 I1 V4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FRICATIVES

623 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

9 letter words (3)

ARTIFICES FRICATIVE VARISCITE

8 letter words (9)

ACTIVISE ARTIFICE CAITIVES CAVITIES RATIFIES VAIRIEST VERISTIC VICARIES VICIATES

7 letter words (30)

6 letter words (96)

5 letter words (188)

ACERS ACRES AESIR AFIRE AFRIT AFTER AIRTS AIVER AREIC ARETS ARISE ARTIC ARTIS ASTER ASTIR AVERS AVERT AVISE CAFES CARES CARET CARSE CARTE CARTS CARVE CASTE CATER CATES CAVER CAVES CAVIE CERIA CERTS CESTA CESTI CIRES CITER CITES CIVES CIVET CIVIE CRAFT CRATE CRAVE CREST CRIAS CRIES CRISE CRITS EARST ERICA ERICS ESCAR EVICT FACER FACES FACET FACTS FAIRS FARCE FARCI FARES FARSE FARTS FASCI FASTI FATES FAVER FAVES FEARS FEART FEAST FEATS FECIT FEIST FERIA FESTA FETAS FIARS FIATS FICES FIERS FIEST FIRES FIRIE FIRST FIVER FIVES FRACT FRATE FRATI FRATS FREIT FRETS FRIES FRISE FRIST FRITS ICERS ICIER IFTAR IRATE IVIES RACES RAFTS RAISE RAITS RATES RAVES REACT REAST RECIT RECTA RECTI REFIT REIFS REIST RESAT RESIT RETIA RICES RIFTE RIFTS RITES RIVAS RIVES RIVET SAFER SAICE SAVER SCARE SCARF SCART SCEAT SCRAE SCRAT SERAC SERAI SERIC SERIF SITAR SIVER STAIR STARE STAVE STEAR STIRE STIVE STRAE STRIA TACES TARES TARSI TASER TAVER TEARS TERAI TERAS TERFS TIARS TICES TIERS TIRES TRACE TRAVE TREFA TREIF TRIAC TRICE TRIES VAIRE VAIRS VAREC VARES VATIC VERST VERTS VESTA VICAR VICES VIERS VIRES VISIE VISIT VISTA VITAE VITAS VRAIC

4 letter words (182)

3 letter words (94)

ACE ACT AFT AIR AIS AIT ARC ARE ARF ARS ART ATE ATS AVE CAR CAT CIS CIT EAR EAS EAT EFS EFT ERA ERF ERS EST ETA FAE FAR FAS FAT FER FES FET FIE FIR FIT FRA ICE IFS IRE ITA ITS RAI RAS RAT RAV REC REF REI RES RET REV RIA RIF RIT SAC SAE SAI SAR SAT SAV SEA SEC SEI SER SET SIC SIF SIR SIT SRI TAE TAI TAR TAS TAV TEA TEC TEF TES TIC TIE TIS VAC VAE VAR VAS VAT VET VIA VIE VIS

2 letter words (21)

AE AI AR AS AT EA EF ER ES ET FA FE IF IS IT RE SI ST TA TE TI

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