AFORE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AFORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFORE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFORE is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFORE
No single letter turns AFORE into another word.
How AFORE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AFORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What does AFORE mean in Scrabble?
preposition
archaicdialect
Before, in front of, or earlier than.
Afore was common in earlier English as a plain equivalent of before and now survives chiefly in regional and archaic speech, particularly in rural or nautical dialects. It can function as a preposition, adverb, or conjunction depending on the sentence, much like before itself. Writers today use afore mainly to give dialogue an old-fashioned or rustic flavor.
How AFORE is used
Archaic and dialectal; met in older texts, folk speech, and deliberately old-fashioned dialogue.
- He wanted a word with her afore she left.
- The old farmer always fed the animals afore breakfast.
- Afore long, the whole village knew the news.
- She had seen the like afore, many years back.
- Come afore sundown, or the gate will be locked.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFORE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AFORE
6 longer words begin with AFORE.
Words ending in AFORE
1 words end in AFORE. Useful as a back hook: play AFORE onto a word already on the board.
Words with AFORE inside
2 words contain AFORE in the middle. Words that start with AFORE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AFORE
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Common questions about AFORE
- Is AFORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFORE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFORE worth?
- AFORE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFORE mean?
- Before, in front of, or earlier than.
- What letters can be added to AFORE?
- No single letter can be added to AFORE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AFORE:
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