FORETELL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FORETELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORETELL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORETELL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORETELL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foretellsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FORETELL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FORETELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FORETELL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FORETELL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To say what will happen in the future, through insight, prophecy or signs.
People foretell events by reading omens, interpreting dreams or drawing on knowledge of patterns. Unlike a simple guess, to foretell something suggests a confident, sometimes mystical, claim about the future.
How FORETELL is used
Foretell often appears in stories of prophets, fortune-tellers and omens.
- The old woman claimed she could foretell the weather from the clouds.
- Ancient priests tried to foretell the harvest by reading the stars.
- Nobody could foretell how the story would end.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORETELL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FORETELL
4 longer words begin with FORETELL.
Shorter words from the letters in FORETELL
Showing 40 of 123. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about FORETELL
- Is FORETELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORETELL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORETELL worth?
- FORETELL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORETELL mean?
- To say what will happen in the future, through insight, prophecy or signs.
- What letters can be added to FORETELL?
- FORETELL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FORETELL:
Open FORETELL in the Word Finder