FORDLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FORDLESS 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 FORDLESS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORDLESS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORDLESS
No single letter turns FORDLESS into another word.
How FORDLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FORDLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FORDLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FORDLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having no ford, so that a river cannot be crossed on foot.
Fordless is used of a river or stream with no shallow place where one could wade across. It matters in stories of travel and war, where a crossing decides the route.
How FORDLESS is used
Rare; found in descriptive and historical writing about rivers.
- The fordless river forced the army to build a bridge.
- Travellers had to go many miles along the fordless stretch.
- A deep, fordless channel separated the two villages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORDLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FORDLESS
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Common questions about FORDLESS
- Is FORDLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORDLESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORDLESS worth?
- FORDLESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORDLESS mean?
- Having no ford, so that a river cannot be crossed on foot.
- What letters can be added to FORDLESS?
- No single letter can be added to FORDLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FORDLESS:
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