FOLK is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FOLK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOLK?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOLK is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOLK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOLK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FOLK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does FOLK mean in Scrabble?
noun
People in general; also, traditional music.
Folk was a plural noun long before it named a kind of music, and the musical sense was coined in the nineteenth century by scholars collecting songs. The word had nearly died out before they revived it.
How FOLK is used
Plural in the first sense; uncountable for the music.
- The folk round here have opinions about the bypass.
- The word folk had nearly died before collectors revived it.
- A folk song has no author and several versions.
- Folk music was named by scholars and not by singers.
- Two folk clubs in one town and no overlap at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOLK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOLK
Showing 24 of 50 words that begin with FOLK.
Words ending in FOLK
13 words end in FOLK. Useful as a back hook: play FOLK onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOLK inside
10 words contain FOLK in the middle. Words that start with FOLK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOLK
Common questions about FOLK
- Is FOLK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOLK, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOLK worth?
- FOLK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOLK mean?
- People in general; also, traditional music.
- What letters can be added to FOLK?
- FOLK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FOLK:
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