FOCUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FOCUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOCUS?
| 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 FOCUS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOCUS
No single letter turns FOCUS into another word.
How FOCUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOCUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,046.
What does FOCUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The centre of interest, attention, or activity, or the point at which light or sound rays converge.
Focus names both the point where scattered rays of light meet to form a clear image, as in a camera lens, and, more broadly, the single thing a person's attention settles on. A student who loses focus during a lecture has let attention drift away from the main point, while a company's focus might be the one product line it invests in above all others. The word also works as a verb, so a photographer will focus a lens and a speaker will ask an audience to focus on one idea.
How FOCUS is used
Extremely common in everyday, academic and technical speech, for both optical convergence and mental concentration.
- She struggled to keep her focus during the long meeting.
- The photographer adjusted the focus before taking the shot.
- Their marketing focus shifted to younger customers.
- He lost his focus after the phone rang.
- The lens brings the image into sharp focus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOCUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOCUS
11 longer words begin with FOCUS.
Words ending in FOCUS
6 words end in FOCUS. Useful as a back hook: play FOCUS onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOCUS inside
Showing 24 of 33 words that contain FOCUS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FOCUS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOCUS
Common questions about FOCUS
- Is FOCUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOCUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOCUS worth?
- FOCUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOCUS mean?
- The centre of interest, attention, or activity, or the point at which light or sound rays converge.
- What letters can be added to FOCUS?
- No single letter can be added to FOCUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOCUS:
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