Yes, FANCIES is a Scrabble word!

Letter values in Scrabble US: F 4, A 1, N 1, C 3, I 1, E 1, S 1.

Is it a valid word?

FANCIES is a valid word in the official Scrabble dictionary (US), the UK Scrabble Dictionary and Words with Friends (ENABLE).

something many people believe that is false
a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
a predisposition to like something

Also: go for, take to.