FOLEY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FOLEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOLEY?
| 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 FOLEY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOLEY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foleysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOLEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOLEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does FOLEY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The craft of creating and recording everyday sound effects, such as footsteps or rustling cloth, that are added to a film, television programme, or other recording during post-production.
Foley work is performed live in a studio, where an artist watches the picture and reproduces sounds such as footsteps, punches, or creaking doors in real time using props and surfaces chosen for their exact texture of sound. The technique takes its name from Jack Foley, a Hollywood sound artist who pioneered the method in the 1930s. Films still rely on foley because microphones on set rarely capture small physical sounds cleanly, and studio recordings give editors precise control over timing. The word now covers both the process itself and the sound effects it produces.
How FOLEY is used
Technical, used within the film and television industry for this specific sound-effects craft.
- The foley artist crushed cornstarch in a bag to mimic footsteps on snow.
- Every creak in the horror film was added later in a foley session.
- She studied foley for two years before working on her first feature.
- The studio keeps a room full of props used only for foley work.
- Without good foley, the fight scene would have sounded empty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOLEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FOLEY
The 5 tiles of FOLEY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FOLEY
1 longer words begin with FOLEY.
Shorter words from the letters in FOLEY
Common questions about FOLEY
- Is FOLEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOLEY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOLEY worth?
- FOLEY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOLEY mean?
- The craft of creating and recording everyday sound effects, such as footsteps or rustling cloth, that are added to a film, television programme, or other recording during post-production.
- What letters can be added to FOLEY?
- FOLEY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOLEY:
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