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Is factoid a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word factoid is a Scrabble US word. The word factoid is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is factoid a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word factoid is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is factoid a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word factoid is a Words With Friends word. The word factoid is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

FACTOID,

6-letter words (1 found)

DACOIT,

5-letter words (6 found)

COATI,DIACT,DICOT,DICTA,DIOTA,OCTAD,

4-letter words (33 found)

ACID,ADIT,ATOC,CADI,CAID,CIAO,CITO,COAT,CODA,COFT,COID,COIF,COIT,DAFT,DATO,DICT,DITA,DOAT,DOIT,FACT,FADO,FIAT,FICO,FIDO,FOCI,FOID,IOTA,OCTA,ODIC,OTIC,TACO,TIFO,TOAD,

3-letter words (34 found)

ACT,ADO,AFT,AID,AIT,CAD,CAF,CAT,CID,CIT,COD,COT,DIF,DIT,DOC,DOF,DOT,FAD,FAT,FID,FIT,ITA,OAF,OAT,OCA,ODA,OFT,TAD,TAI,TAO,TIC,TID,TOC,TOD,

2-letter words (17 found)

AD,AI,AT,DA,DI,DO,FA,ID,IF,IO,IT,OD,OF,OI,TA,TI,TO,

You can make 92 words from factoid according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of factoid

factoid

Etymology

From fact +‎ -oid (“similar, but not the same”); coined by American writer Norman Mailer in 1973 in Marilyn: A Biography, defined as "facts which have no existence before appearing in a magazine or newspaper, creations which are not so much lies as a product to manipulate emotion in the Silent Majority".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfæk.tɔɪd/

Noun

factoid (plural factoids)

  1. An inaccurate statement or statistic believed to be true because of broad repetition, especially if cited in the media. [from 1973]
    Synonym: misconception
    Coordinate term: urban legend
  2. (originally Canada, US) An interesting item of trivia; a minor fact.
    Synonym: factlet

Usage notes

The more recent and contradictory meaning “minor fact” is gradually supplanting the original sense.

Translations

See also

  • verisimilitude

References

Further reading

  • “factoid”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • factoid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Source: wiktionary.org