FELON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FELON 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 FELON?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FELON is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FELON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FELON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FELON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What does FELON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person convicted of a felony, a serious crime such as murder, robbery or arson.
A felon is someone found guilty of a felony, the most serious class of crime in many legal systems, as opposed to a misdemeanour, which covers lesser offences. Convicted felons often lose certain rights, such as the right to vote or to own a firearm, depending on the country or state. In an older and now mostly historical medical sense, a felon was also the name for a painful infection at the tip of a finger, near the nail.
How FELON is used
Common in legal and news writing about crime and punishment; the medical sense is now historical and rare.
- The court sentenced the felon to fifteen years in prison.
- A convicted felon may lose the right to vote in some states.
- Neighbours were shocked to learn he was a former felon.
- The old doctor once treated a painful felon on the boy's thumb.
- She works with felons trying to rebuild their lives after release.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FELON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FELON
10 longer words begin with FELON.
Words ending in FELON
2 words end in FELON. Useful as a back hook: play FELON onto a word already on the board.
Words with FELON inside
5 words contain FELON in the middle. Words that start with FELON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FELON
Common questions about FELON
- Is FELON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FELON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FELON worth?
- FELON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FELON mean?
- A person convicted of a felony, a serious crime such as murder, robbery or arson.
- What letters can be added to FELON?
- FELON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FELON:
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