FOHN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FOHN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOHN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOHN is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOHN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fohnsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOHN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FOHN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What does FOHN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A warm dry wind on the lee side of mountains.
The fohn blows down a slope and warms as it descends, which can raise a valley temperature by fifteen degrees within an hour. It is blamed for headaches in the Alps, and the effect has been studied seriously.
How FOHN is used
Countable: a fohn, two fohns.
- A fohn can raise the temperature fifteen degrees in an hour.
- The word fohn came into English from German.
- The fohn warms as it comes down the slope.
- Alpine doctors take the fohn seriously.
- Two fohn days in a week is unusual and unpleasant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOHN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOHN
1 longer words begin with FOHN.
Shorter words from the letters in FOHN
Common questions about FOHN
- Is FOHN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOHN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOHN worth?
- FOHN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOHN mean?
- A warm dry wind on the lee side of mountains.
- What letters can be added to FOHN?
- FOHN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FOHN:
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