FOAM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FOAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOAM?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOAM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOAM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOAM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FOAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does FOAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A mass of small bubbles on a liquid.
Foam is among the oldest words in English and has barely changed in a thousand years. The plastic sense is from the 1930s and now outnumbers every other use in print.
How FOAM is used
Uncountable and countable. Also a verb.
- A head of foam two fingers deep.
- The word foam has hardly changed in a thousand years.
- The sea foamed over the wall at every wave.
- Foam rubber took the word in the 1930s.
- Two foams of different density in the same cushion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOAM
18 longer words begin with FOAM.
Words ending in FOAM
7 words end in FOAM. Useful as a back hook: play FOAM onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOAM inside
12 words contain FOAM in the middle. Words that start with FOAM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOAM
Common questions about FOAM
- Is FOAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOAM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOAM worth?
- FOAM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOAM mean?
- A mass of small bubbles on a liquid.
- What letters can be added to FOAM?
- FOAM takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FOAM:
Open FOAM in the Word Finder