FOLIAR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FOLIAR 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 FOLIAR?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOLIAR is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOLIAR
No single letter turns FOLIAR into another word.
How FOLIAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FOLIAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does FOLIAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to the leaves of a plant.
Gardeners and botanists reach for foliar when the leaf, rather than the root or flower, is what matters. A foliar spray is applied to the leaves so they can absorb nutrients directly, and foliar disease shows up as spots or blight on them. The word comes from the Latin folium, meaning leaf.
How FOLIAR is used
Technical, used in gardening, farming and plant science.
- The farmer used a foliar feed on the tomato plants.
- A foliar disease left brown spots across the maple.
- Foliar growth slows in the cold months.
- She studied the foliar structure of ferns under a microscope.
- Apply the foliar spray early in the morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOLIAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FOLIAR
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Common questions about FOLIAR
- Is FOLIAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOLIAR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOLIAR worth?
- FOLIAR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOLIAR mean?
- Relating to the leaves of a plant.
- What letters can be added to FOLIAR?
- No single letter can be added to FOLIAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FOLIAR:
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