FOOTCLOTH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FOOTCLOTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOOTCLOTH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOOTCLOTH is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOOTCLOTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
footclothsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOOTCLOTH scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FOOTCLOTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FOOTCLOTH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FOOTCLOTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A richly decorated cloth draped over a horse and hanging to the ground, or a carpet or rug.
In medieval and later times a footcloth marked the rank of the rider, with lords and bishops showing off embroidered ones. Some old texts also use footcloth for a rug laid on the floor.
How FOOTCLOTH is used
Footcloth is historical, found in writing about medieval and Tudor ceremony.
- The bishop rode out on a mule draped in a crimson footcloth.
- A velvet footcloth trailed behind the horse in the procession.
- The inventory listed a worn footcloth among the furnishings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOOTCLOTH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOOTCLOTH
1 longer words begin with FOOTCLOTH.
Shorter words from the letters in FOOTCLOTH
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Common questions about FOOTCLOTH
- Is FOOTCLOTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOOTCLOTH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOOTCLOTH worth?
- FOOTCLOTH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOOTCLOTH mean?
- A richly decorated cloth draped over a horse and hanging to the ground, or a carpet or rug.
- What letters can be added to FOOTCLOTH?
- FOOTCLOTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FOOTCLOTH:
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