FOU is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FOU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOU?
| 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 FOU is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOU scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FOU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does FOU mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalScots
An old unit of dry measure, roughly equal to a bushel, once used in Scotland.
A fou was a standard measure used to sell or trade quantities of grain and other dry goods before modern weights and measures were adopted. It let buyers and sellers agree on an amount without needing to weigh the goods precisely.
How FOU is used
Historical; encountered in older records and accounts of Scottish trade rather than modern use.
- The farmer sold three fous of oats at the market.
- Old records list the rent as so many fous of barley each year.
- A fou of grain was considered a fair load for one sack.
- The miller measured out a fou before grinding the oats.
- Historians use the fou to work out how much grain a farm once produced.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FOU
The 3 tiles of FOU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FOU
Showing 24 of 146 words that begin with FOU.
Words ending in FOU
1 words end in FOU. Useful as a back hook: play FOU onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOU inside
Showing 24 of 109 words that contain FOU somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FOU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOU
Common questions about FOU
- Is FOU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOU, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOU worth?
- FOU is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOU mean?
- An old unit of dry measure, roughly equal to a bushel, once used in Scotland.
- What letters can be added to FOU?
- FOU takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FOU:
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