FOISON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FOISON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOISON?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOISON is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOISON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foisonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOISON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FOISON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,549.
What does FOISON mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A great abundance, especially a rich harvest.
Foison came into English from Old French and once described the plentiful yield of fields and orchards. It is now rare outside poetry, where it appears in the old pairing of plenty and foison. In Scots the same word also came to mean strength or vigor of body.
How FOISON is used
Archaic and literary; usually met in older verse and deliberately old-fashioned prose.
- The orchard gave its foison to the village that autumn.
- The poet praised the foison of the summer fields.
- After the rains came a foison of apples and plums.
- He dreamed of a barn filled with foison to the rafters.
- The old song celebrates the foison of the harvest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOISON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOISON
2 longer words begin with FOISON.
Shorter words from the letters in FOISON
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Common questions about FOISON
- Is FOISON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOISON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOISON worth?
- FOISON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOISON mean?
- A great abundance, especially a rich harvest.
- What letters can be added to FOISON?
- FOISON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FOISON:
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