FOOTLOOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FOOTLOOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOOTLOOSE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOOTLOOSE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOOTLOOSE
No single letter turns FOOTLOOSE into another word.
How FOOTLOOSE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FOOTLOOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 4 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FOOTLOOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FOOTLOOSE
- The letter O appears four times in FOOTLOOSE.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FOOTLOOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Free to go anywhere and do as one pleases, without ties or duties.
A footloose traveller has no family, job or home holding them in place. The word can also describe a business free to locate wherever it likes.
How FOOTLOOSE is used
Footloose is often paired with fancy-free for carefree wanderers.
- After graduation he spent a footloose year in Asia.
- The footloose couple sold their house and sailed away.
- Many footloose industries moved to cheaper regions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOOTLOOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FOOTLOOSE
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Common questions about FOOTLOOSE
- Is FOOTLOOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOOTLOOSE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOOTLOOSE worth?
- FOOTLOOSE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOOTLOOSE mean?
- Free to go anywhere and do as one pleases, without ties or duties.
- What letters can be added to FOOTLOOSE?
- No single letter can be added to FOOTLOOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FOOTLOOSE:
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