FOWTH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. FOWTH 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FOWTH?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOWTH is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOWTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fowthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOWTH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOWTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does FOWTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
An abundance or plentiful supply of something.
Fowth is an old Scots word for plenty, used to describe a generous supply of food, money, or anything else measured in quantity. It shares its root and meaning with the variant fouth, both descending from an older word for fullness. The word survives today mainly in dialect glossaries and older Scottish writing rather than in everyday speech.
How FOWTH is used
Chiefly Scots and largely obsolete outside dialect writing and historical texts.
- There was a fowth of fish in the loch that year.
- The farm produced a fowth of grain after the good summer.
- She spoke of a fowth of gold hidden in the hills.
- A fowth of guests arrived for the wedding feast.
- The old text praises the fowth of the harvest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOWTH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOWTH
1 longer words begin with FOWTH.
Shorter words from the letters in FOWTH
Common questions about FOWTH
- Is FOWTH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FOWTH is not in it.
- How many points is FOWTH worth?
- FOWTH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOWTH mean?
- An abundance or plentiful supply of something.
- What letters can be added to FOWTH?
- FOWTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOWTH:
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