FORNENT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FORNENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORNENT?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORNENT is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORNENT
No single letter turns FORNENT into another word.
How FORNENT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FORNENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 154,394.
What does FORNENT mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Scots
Directly opposite, facing or in front of.
Fornent is a Scots word found in dialect poetry and old regional writing. It is a spelling variant of fornenst, with the same sense of standing across from something.
How FORNENT is used
Fornent is rare outside Scottish dialect and literature.
- The cottage stood fornent the kirk.
- He sat fornent the fire all evening.
- The old poem uses fornent where a modern writer would say opposite.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORNENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FORNENT
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Common questions about FORNENT
- Is FORNENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORNENT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORNENT worth?
- FORNENT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORNENT mean?
- Directly opposite, facing or in front of.
- What letters can be added to FORNENT?
- No single letter can be added to FORNENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FORNENT:
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