FODDER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FODDER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FODDER?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FODDER is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FODDER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foddersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FODDER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FODDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does FODDER mean in Scrabble?
noun
Dried hay, straw or other coarse food given to cattle and other farm animals.
The word is old Germanic and is related to food, though it now points only at what is fed to livestock. A farmer stores fodder for winter, when the fields offer no grazing. Writers also use it for any raw material that feeds something else, as in the phrases cannon fodder and fodder for gossip.
How FODDER is used
Literal in farming; figurative in cannon fodder and fodder for gossip.
- The barn was stacked with fodder for the winter.
- There was not enough fodder to keep the herd through the drought.
- Corn stalks make cheap fodder for cows.
- The scandal became fodder for the evening papers.
- Soldiers were called cannon fodder by the bitter veterans.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FODDER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FODDER
The 6 tiles of FODDER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FODDER
6 longer words begin with FODDER.
Shorter words from the letters in FODDER
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Common questions about FODDER
- Is FODDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FODDER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FODDER worth?
- FODDER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FODDER mean?
- Dried hay, straw or other coarse food given to cattle and other farm animals.
- What letters can be added to FODDER?
- FODDER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FODDER:
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