Definition of fastidious

"fastidious" in the adjective sense

1. fastidious

giving careful attention to detail hard to please excessively concerned with cleanliness

"a fastidious and incisive intellect"

"fastidious about personal cleanliness"

2. fastidious, exacting

having complicated nutritional requirements especially growing only in special artificial cultures

"fastidious microorganisms"

"certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements"

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Quotations for fastidious

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them. [ La Fontaine ]

Literature is so common a luxury that the age has grown fastidious. [ Tuckerman ]

That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it. [ Macaulay ]

fastidious in Scrabble®

The word fastidious is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters fastidious:

FASTIDIOUS
(135)
FASTIDIOUS
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

studios

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word fastidious

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In fastidious

FASTIDIOUS
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fastidious in Words With Friends™

The word fastidious is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters fastidious:

FASTIDIOUS
(189)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

studios

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word fastidious

FASTIDIOUS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In fastidious

FASTIDIOUS
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Words within the letters of fastidious

2 letter words in fastidious (16 words)

6 letter words in fastidious (8 words)

7 letter words in fastidious (1 word)

10 letter words in fastidious (1 word)

fastidious + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence fastidious

Words that start with fastidious (3 words)

Words with fastidious in them (1 word)

Words that end with fastidious (2 words)

Word Growth involving fastidious

Shorter words in fastidious

as fast

fa fast

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Longer words containing fastidious

fastidiously

fastidiousness

unfastidious