FOYER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FOYER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOYER?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOYER is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOYER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
foyersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOYER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOYER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does FOYER mean in Scrabble?
noun
An entrance hall or lobby of a theatre, hotel, cinema or similar public building.
A foyer is the space visitors pass through before reaching the main hall, auditorium or rooms beyond it, often used for gathering, buying tickets or waiting between acts. The word came into English from French, where it first meant a hearth, before shifting to the sense of a shared entrance space.
How FOYER is used
Common word for the lobby area of theatres, hotels and similar buildings.
- Guests waited in the hotel foyer for their taxi.
- The interval crowd spilled into the theatre foyer.
- A grand chandelier hung above the foyer of the opera house.
- She left her coat with the attendant in the foyer.
- The apartment block's foyer had mailboxes along one wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOYER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOYER
1 longer words begin with FOYER.
Shorter words from the letters in FOYER
Common questions about FOYER
- Is FOYER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOYER, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOYER worth?
- FOYER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOYER mean?
- An entrance hall or lobby of a theatre, hotel, cinema or similar public building.
- What letters can be added to FOYER?
- FOYER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOYER:
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