FORAM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FORAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORAM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORAM is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foramsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FORAM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FORAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does FORAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalinformal
An informal short form of foraminifer, a tiny single-celled marine organism that builds a shell.
A foram is what geologists and marine biologists call a foraminifer for short, a microscopic sea creature that builds itself a hard shell, often chambered like a tiny snail. When forams die, their shells sink and pile up on the seabed, and thick layers of these shells eventually compress into chalk and limestone. Because different forams thrived in different climates, scientists study fossil foram shells to reconstruct ancient ocean temperatures.
How FORAM is used
Informal shorthand used mainly in geology and marine science rather than in everyday speech.
- The core sample was packed with fossil foram shells.
- She identified each foram under the microscope.
- Chalk cliffs are largely built from ancient foram remains.
- Researchers counted foram species to date the sediment layer.
- A single foram can be smaller than a grain of sand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORAM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FORAM
15 longer words begin with FORAM.
Shorter words from the letters in FORAM
Common questions about FORAM
- Is FORAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORAM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORAM worth?
- FORAM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORAM mean?
- An informal short form of foraminifer, a tiny single-celled marine organism that builds a shell.
- What letters can be added to FORAM?
- FORAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FORAM:
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