FOGEYISH is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. FOGEYISH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOGEYISH?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOGEYISH is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOGEYISH
No single letter turns FOGEYISH into another word.
How FOGEYISH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FOGEYISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FOGEYISH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FOGEYISH
- All 8 letters of FOGEYISH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FOGEYISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Behaving or thinking like an old-fashioned person with stuffy, conservative habits.
Calling someone fogeyish is a gentle jibe at outdated tastes, usually about manners, clothes or opinions. The word does not depend on actual age; a young person can be fogeyish. Fogyish is a rarer spelling.
How FOGEYISH is used
Fogeyish is informal, often used teasingly in British English.
- His fogeyish tweed jacket made him look decades older.
- She found the club fogeyish and left early.
- It sounds fogeyish, but I prefer letters to email.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOGEYISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FOGEYISH
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Common questions about FOGEYISH
- Is FOGEYISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOGEYISH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOGEYISH worth?
- FOGEYISH is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOGEYISH mean?
- Behaving or thinking like an old-fashioned person with stuffy, conservative habits.
- What letters can be added to FOGEYISH?
- No single letter can be added to FOGEYISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FOGEYISH:
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