FIORD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FIORD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIORD?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIORD is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIORD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fiordsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FIORD scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FIORD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does FIORD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long, narrow inlet of the sea, bordered by steep cliffs, typically formed when a glaciated valley is flooded by rising sea levels.
A fiord is carved out by the slow grinding action of a glacier moving through a valley, leaving steep rock walls behind; when the ice retreats and sea level rises, the sea floods the deep valley floor to form the inlet. Norway is famous for its fiords, though similar features occur along the coasts of Alaska, Chile, New Zealand, and other regions once covered by glaciers. Fiord is a variant spelling of fjord, borrowed from Norwegian, and the two spellings are used interchangeably in English.
How FIORD is used
Countable noun, commonly used in descriptions of Norwegian and other glaciated coastlines; the spelling fjord is somewhat more common today.
- The ferry sailed slowly into the narrow fiord.
- Steep cliffs rose straight from the water on both sides of the fiord.
- Fishing villages dotted the shores of the fiord.
- Waterfalls tumbled down the rock walls into the fiord below.
- The cruise offered views of one fiord after another.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIORD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIORD
1 longer words begin with FIORD.
Shorter words from the letters in FIORD
Common questions about FIORD
- Is FIORD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIORD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIORD worth?
- FIORD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIORD mean?
- A long, narrow inlet of the sea, bordered by steep cliffs, typically formed when a glaciated valley is flooded by rising sea levels.
- What letters can be added to FIORD?
- FIORD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FIORD:
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