FOID is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. FOID is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FOID?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOID is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOID scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does FOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistrytechnical
A rock-forming mineral related to feldspar but containing less silica; short for feldspathoid.
Foid is the shortened laboratory and textbook term geologists use for feldspathoid minerals, a group chemically similar to feldspar but poorer in silica, which forms instead of feldspar in certain silica-poor volcanic rocks. Geology students and mineralogists use the short form when classifying rock samples.
How FOID is used
Used in geology and mineralogy rather than everyday speech.
- The rock sample contained a visible foid crystal.
- Students learned to identify a foid under the microscope.
- The volcanic rock formed with a foid instead of feldspar.
- A geologist can often spot a foid by its distinct shape.
- The lecture explained why a foid forms only in silica-poor rock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FOID
The 4 tiles of FOID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FOID
1 longer words begin with FOID.
Words ending in FOID
1 words end in FOID. Useful as a back hook: play FOID onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in FOID
Common questions about FOID
- Is FOID valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FOID is not in it.
- How many points is FOID worth?
- FOID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOID mean?
- A rock-forming mineral related to feldspar but containing less silica; short for feldspathoid.
- What letters can be added to FOID?
- FOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FOID:
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