FOLLY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FOLLY 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 FOLLY?
| 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 FOLLY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOLLY
No single letter turns FOLLY into another word.
How FOLLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOLLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does FOLLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lack of good sense or judgment, or an action that shows this; also an ornamental building constructed mainly for decoration rather than practical use.
Folly most often names foolish behaviour or a plan so ill-considered that its failure seems obvious afterwards, as when a costly project collapses and is later called someone's folly. The same word also describes a whimsical garden or estate building, such as a fake ruin or miniature tower, built purely to please the eye rather than to serve any function. Wealthy landowners in eighteenth-century Britain were especially fond of commissioning follies for their grounds. Both senses share the same idea of something built or done without practical necessity.
How FOLLY is used
Common in both everyday speech, for foolish decisions, and in architectural or historical writing, for ornamental buildings.
- Investing his savings in the scheme proved to be pure folly.
- A stone folly shaped like a ruined tower stands at the edge of the estate.
- Historians call the failed expedition an act of sheer folly.
- The garden's folly was never meant to be lived in, only admired.
- She warned him against the folly of quitting without another job lined up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOLLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOLLY
1 longer words begin with FOLLY.
Shorter words from the letters in FOLLY
Common questions about FOLLY
- Is FOLLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOLLY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOLLY worth?
- FOLLY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOLLY mean?
- A lack of good sense or judgment, or an action that shows this; also an ornamental building constructed mainly for decoration rather than practical use.
- What letters can be added to FOLLY?
- No single letter can be added to FOLLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOLLY:
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