FAULD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FAULD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FAULD?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FAULD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FAULD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fauldsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FAULD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FAULD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does FAULD mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A piece of armour made of overlapping metal plates, or lames, that hung from the breastplate to protect the lower abdomen and hips.
A fauld allowed a soldier to bend and move at the waist while the lower body stayed shielded, since the overlapping lames flexed against one another rather than forming a single rigid plate. It typically covered the area just below the cuirass, sometimes joined at the sides to tassets that extended further down over the thighs. The term appears mainly in works on medieval and Renaissance armour, alongside related pieces such as the culet, which protected the corresponding area at the back.
How FAULD is used
A specialised historical term in the study of arms and armour, rarely met outside that context.
- The suit of armour featured a fauld of overlapping steel lames.
- Museum curators labelled the fauld separately from the breastplate.
- A well-made fauld let the knight bend forward without exposing his hips.
- Rust had fused several plates of the old fauld together.
- The armourer riveted new leather straps to the fauld.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FAULD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FAULD
1 longer words begin with FAULD.
Words ending in FAULD
1 words end in FAULD. Useful as a back hook: play FAULD onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in FAULD
Common questions about FAULD
- Is FAULD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FAULD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FAULD worth?
- FAULD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FAULD mean?
- A piece of armour made of overlapping metal plates, or lames, that hung from the breastplate to protect the lower abdomen and hips.
- What letters can be added to FAULD?
- FAULD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FAULD:
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