FORWHY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. FORWHY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORWHY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORWHY is to know. It scores 18 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORWHY
No single letter turns FORWHY into another word.
How FORWHY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FORWHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What stands out about FORWHY
- FORWHY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FORWHY mean in Scrabble?
conjunction
archaic
Because; for the reason that.
The old compound forwhy joins the idea of for and why into one conjunction. Modern English prefers because.
How FORWHY is used
Archaic; seen in older literature and imitations of it.
- He wept, forwhy his friend was gone.
- The king was angry, forwhy the tax had been withheld.
- In the old ballad the line begins with forwhy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORWHY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FORWHY
Common questions about FORWHY
- Is FORWHY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORWHY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORWHY worth?
- FORWHY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORWHY mean?
- Because; for the reason that.
- What letters can be added to FORWHY?
- No single letter can be added to FORWHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FORWHY:
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