FOUTH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. FOUTH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FOUTH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOUTH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOUTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fouthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOUTH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOUTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does FOUTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
An abundance or plenty of something.
Fouth is a Scots word for having more than enough, whether of food, money or anything else counted in quantity, and it shares its root with the English foison, another older word for plenty. It keeps a warm, homely tone in the phrases it survives in, closer to a saying than to plain description.
How FOUTH is used
Scots dialect, still heard in Scottish speech and older Scottish writing.
- There was fouth of food laid out for the harvest supper.
- He wished the young couple fouth of years together.
- The garden gave a fouth of berries that summer.
- Grandmother spoke of fouth rather than plenty, keeping the old word alive.
- A fouth of stories filled the long winter evenings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOUTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOUTH
1 longer words begin with FOUTH.
Shorter words from the letters in FOUTH
Common questions about FOUTH
- Is FOUTH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FOUTH is not in it.
- How many points is FOUTH worth?
- FOUTH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOUTH mean?
- An abundance or plenty of something.
- What letters can be added to FOUTH?
- FOUTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOUTH:
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