AFOUL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AFOUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFOUL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFOUL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFOUL
No single letter turns AFOUL into another word.
How AFOUL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AFOUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does AFOUL mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Into conflict, trouble, or entanglement, especially in the phrase run afoul of.
Afoul is almost never used alone; it appears fixed in the idiom run afoul of, meaning to come into conflict with a rule, law, or authority, often unintentionally. The word originally had a nautical sense describing ropes or ships tangled or collided together, and the modern figurative meaning of getting into trouble grew directly out of that image of things becoming entangled.
How AFOUL is used
Almost always used in the fixed phrase run afoul of, followed by a law, rule, or authority.
- The company ran afoul of new environmental regulations.
- He ran afoul of the law after the unpaid fines piled up.
- Small boats can run afoul of the harbor's strict traffic rules.
- The comedian's joke ran afoul of network censors.
- She ran afoul of her landlord over the late rent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFOUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AFOUL
Common questions about AFOUL
- Is AFOUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFOUL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFOUL worth?
- AFOUL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFOUL mean?
- Into conflict, trouble, or entanglement, especially in the phrase run afoul of.
- What letters can be added to AFOUL?
- No single letter can be added to AFOUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AFOUL:
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