FOLLOW is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FOLLOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOLLOW?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOLLOW is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOLLOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
followsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOLLOW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FOLLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,774 thousand.
What does FOLLOW mean in Scrabble?
verb
To go or come after someone or something, or to act in accordance with a rule, path or example.
Follow is one of the most flexible verbs in English. You can follow a person down a road, follow a recipe step by step, follow a story as it unfolds, or follow an account online to see what it posts. In each case something comes second and depends on something that came first. The word also gives the idiom follow suit, meaning to copy what someone else has just done.
How FOLLOW is used
Extremely common in every register; used for movement, obedience, understanding and sequence.
- Please follow me to the meeting room.
- You should follow the instructions on the label.
- I could not follow the plot of the second half.
- Night will follow day, as it always does.
- Many readers follow the author on social media.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOLLOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOLLOW
13 longer words begin with FOLLOW.
Shorter words from the letters in FOLLOW
Common questions about FOLLOW
- Is FOLLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOLLOW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOLLOW worth?
- FOLLOW is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOLLOW mean?
- To go or come after someone or something, or to act in accordance with a rule, path or example.
- What letters can be added to FOLLOW?
- FOLLOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FOLLOW:
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