FOODY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. FOODY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept FOODY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOODY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOODY
No single letter turns FOODY into another word.
How FOODY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOODY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 168,053.
What does FOODY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An informal word for someone with a strong enthusiasm for food, its cooking, and its flavours; a variant spelling of foodie.
Foody names someone who plans holidays around restaurants, reads recipes for pleasure, and talks food long after the meal is over. It is treated as an alternative spelling of the far more common foodie, and the two forms are used for exactly the same kind of person with no difference in meaning. Style guides and most publications prefer the ie ending, which is why foody appears far less often in print.
How FOODY is used
Informal; less common than the standard spelling foodie, with no difference in meaning.
- Her sister is a real foody who plans trips around famous restaurants.
- He calls himself a foody, though most people spell it differently.
- The magazine is aimed squarely at the modern foody.
- A true foody remembers meals the way other people remember films.
- Some dictionaries list foody as nothing more than a spelling of foodie.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOODY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FOODY
Common questions about FOODY
- Is FOODY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOODY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOODY worth?
- FOODY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOODY mean?
- An informal word for someone with a strong enthusiasm for food, its cooking, and its flavours; a variant spelling of foodie.
- What letters can be added to FOODY?
- No single letter can be added to FOODY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOODY:
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