FOLKWAY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. FOLKWAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOLKWAY?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOLKWAY is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOLKWAY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
folkwaysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOLKWAY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FOLKWAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,948 thousand.
What does FOLKWAY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A traditional habit or way of behaving that is shared by the people of a community.
Sociologists, following William Graham Sumner, use folkway for everyday customs such as manners at the table, which carry less force than formal laws. It is usually met in the plural form, folkways, when a whole culture is under study.
How FOLKWAY is used
Folkway is a social-science term, normally found in books about culture and society.
- Greeting a stranger with a bow is a folkway in that region.
- Each folkway tells us something about how the group lives.
- The study recorded one folkway after another in the mountain villages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOLKWAY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOLKWAY
1 longer words begin with FOLKWAY.
Shorter words from the letters in FOLKWAY
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Common questions about FOLKWAY
- Is FOLKWAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOLKWAY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOLKWAY worth?
- FOLKWAY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOLKWAY mean?
- A traditional habit or way of behaving that is shared by the people of a community.
- What letters can be added to FOLKWAY?
- FOLKWAY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FOLKWAY:
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