FOUND is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FOUND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOUND?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOUND is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOUND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foundsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOUND scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOUND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does FOUND mean in Scrabble?
verb
To establish or bring into being an organization, institution, or settlement meant to last.
Found describes the founding act itself, the moment a school, a company, a colony, or a charity is set up and given a lasting form, as distinct from simply starting something informal or temporary. The same spelling is also the past tense of the unrelated verb find, which trips up readers who see found and expect a story about discovery rather than creation. Both meanings are extremely common, so context, not the word itself, tells you which sense is meant.
How FOUND is used
As the verb meaning to establish it is regular: founds, founded, founding; as the past tense of find it carries no sense of its own.
- The sisters decided to found a school for girls in the village.
- He hoped to found a company that would outlast him.
- The settlers chose the river bend to found their new town.
- A group of former students founded the charity twenty years ago.
- The society was founded to protect the old churchyard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOUND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FOUND
The 5 tiles of FOUND in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FOUND
23 longer words begin with FOUND.
Words ending in FOUND
9 words end in FOUND. Useful as a back hook: play FOUND onto a word already on the board.
Words with FOUND inside
Showing 24 of 61 words that contain FOUND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FOUND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FOUND
Common questions about FOUND
- Is FOUND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOUND, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOUND worth?
- FOUND is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOUND mean?
- To establish or bring into being an organization, institution, or settlement meant to last.
- What letters can be added to FOUND?
- FOUND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOUND:
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