FOLIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FOLIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOLIUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOLIUM is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOLIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foliumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOLIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FOLIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does FOLIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A thin leaf-like layer, such as a sheet of rock or a fold of tissue.
The word is Latin for leaf, and in English it is a specialist term. Geologists use it for the thin layers that develop in some metamorphic rocks, and anatomists use it for the narrow folds on the surface of the cerebellum. In mathematics, the folium of Descartes is a looped curve shaped like a leaf.
How FOLIUM is used
Technical; plural folia in geology, anatomy and geometry.
- Each folium of the schist split away in a thin sheet.
- The surgeon pointed to a single folium of the cerebellum.
- The folium of Descartes has a loop and two branches.
- The slate showed fine folium under the lens.
- Students drew the folium on graph paper.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOLIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOLIUM
1 longer words begin with FOLIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in FOLIUM
Common questions about FOLIUM
- Is FOLIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOLIUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOLIUM worth?
- FOLIUM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOLIUM mean?
- A thin leaf-like layer, such as a sheet of rock or a fold of tissue.
- What letters can be added to FOLIUM?
- FOLIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FOLIUM:
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