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fatwa

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Is fatwa a Scrabble word?

Yes, fatwa is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of fatwa?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (Islam)Examples: "The website contains fatwas on points of Islamic law that arise in court cases."; "In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranian fatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended."

2. (Islam)broadlyproscribed

3. (religion, by extension) A formal decree or ruling, or statement, issued by an authority of a religion other than Islam.broadly

4. (figurative, informal) An emphatic decree or opinion, especially one which condemns or criticizes.figurativelyinformal

verb (English)

1. (transitive, rare) To issue a fatwa (noun sense 1) against (someone); specifically (loosely, erroneous), a fatwa imposing a ban or a death sentence.Examples: "Unlike many writers and artists, Chahine had not been fatwaed by the militants, but he felt threatened nevertheless."; "One wonders why these terrorists are not fatwaed."; "'I'm just beginning one,' says famously-fatwaed author of new novel [subtitle]"raretransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "fatwa"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "fatwa"?

Scrabble
11 points
F4
A1
T1
W4
A1
Words With Friends
11 points
F4
A1
T1
W4
A1

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