FORAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FORAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORAGE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORAGE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORAGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FORAGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FORAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does FORAGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To search widely and persistently for food or supplies.
Wild animals forage in woods and fields, and people forage too when they gather mushrooms, berries or herbs from the countryside. Armies once sent out foraging parties to seize fodder and provisions from the land they crossed. The word also works loosely for any rummaging search, as when someone forages in a cupboard for a snack.
How FORAGE is used
Used of animals, gatherers and soldiers, and figuratively for a hunt through a cluttered place; as a noun it also means animal feed.
- Deer forage along the edge of the meadow at dawn.
- We spent the afternoon trying to forage for wild garlic.
- The squirrels forage all autumn to build up their winter stores.
- She had to forage in the pantry for something to cook.
- Hungry soldiers would forage through abandoned farms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FORAGE
4 longer words begin with FORAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in FORAGE
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Common questions about FORAGE
- Is FORAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORAGE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORAGE worth?
- FORAGE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORAGE mean?
- To search widely and persistently for food or supplies.
- What letters can be added to FORAGE?
- FORAGE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FORAGE:
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