FORD is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. FORD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORD?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORD is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FORD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in FORD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does FORD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A shallow place where a river can be crossed.
Ford is Old English and appears in hundreds of place names, which is how the old road network can still be traced. Its Germanic relatives name crossings across the whole of northern Europe.
How FORD is used
Countable. Also a verb: forded, fords.
- A ford that is impassable for four months a year.
- The word ford appears in hundreds of place names.
- They forded it on foot and regretted it.
- Two fords within a mile of each other.
- Place names in ford trace the old roads.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FORD
11 longer words begin with FORD.
Words ending in FORD
4 words end in FORD. Useful as a back hook: play FORD onto a word already on the board.
Words with FORD inside
15 words contain FORD in the middle. Words that start with FORD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FORD
Common questions about FORD
- Is FORD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORD worth?
- FORD is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORD mean?
- A shallow place where a river can be crossed.
- What letters can be added to FORD?
- FORD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of FORD:
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