FOE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FOE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOE?
| 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 FOE is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 842.
What does FOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An enemy, in formal or literary use.
Foe has been retreating for four centuries: it is now almost entirely literary, and in ordinary speech it survives mostly inside the phrase about friend or foe. The word is Old English and has outlived a great many of its neighbours.
How FOE is used
Countable: a foe, two foes. Chiefly literary.
- The signal asks whether an aircraft is friend or foe.
- A foe in verse is an enemy in prose.
- He made a foe of the one person who could help.
- Two foes at the same table and a very quiet dinner.
- The word foe is Old English and nearly gone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOE
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with FOE.
Words ending in FOE
1 words end in FOE. Useful as a back hook: play FOE onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOE inside
7 words contain FOE in the middle. Words that start with FOE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOE
Common questions about FOE
- Is FOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOE worth?
- FOE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOE mean?
- An enemy, in formal or literary use.
- What letters can be added to FOE?
- FOE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FOE:
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