FOG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. FOG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOG?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOG is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FOG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does FOG mean in Scrabble?
noun
Thick cloud at ground level that reduces visibility.
Fog and mist differ by one number and nothing else: below a kilometre of visibility it is fog and above it is mist. The distinction matters at airports and almost nowhere else, and everybody outside that trade uses whichever word sounds right.
How FOG is used
Uncountable: thick fog. Also a verb.
- The fog came up the valley in twenty minutes.
- Fog and mist are the same thing at different distances.
- The glass fogged the moment the door opened.
- A fog like that closes the airport for the day.
- Sea fog burns off later than the kind that forms inland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOG
Showing 24 of 55 words that begin with FOG.
Words ending in FOG
5 words end in FOG. Useful as a back hook: play FOG onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOG inside
24 words contain FOG in the middle. Words that start with FOG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOG
Common questions about FOG
- Is FOG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOG, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOG worth?
- FOG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOG mean?
- Thick cloud at ground level that reduces visibility.
- What letters can be added to FOG?
- FOG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FOG:
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