FOYLE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. FOYLE 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 FOYLE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOYLE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOYLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FOYLE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FOYLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does FOYLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To defeat, baffle or trample down, an older spelling and use of foil.
Foyle turns up in older poetry, notably in Spenser, as a variant spelling of foil in its sense of thwarting an opponent or crushing something underfoot. Modern English kept the shorter spelling foil for this meaning and let foyle fade into a curiosity for readers of early texts.
How FOYLE is used
Obsolete outside quotation from older poetry and historical dictionaries.
- The knight sought to foyle his rival before the gate.
- Spenser's verse tells how the beast was foyled at last.
- A footnote explains that to foyle here means to defeat.
- The hero's plan would foyle the enemy's advance.
- Old editions print foyle where a modern text would print foil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOYLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FOYLE
The 5 tiles of FOYLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FOYLE
2 longer words begin with FOYLE.
Shorter words from the letters in FOYLE
Common questions about FOYLE
- Is FOYLE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FOYLE is not in it.
- How many points is FOYLE worth?
- FOYLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOYLE mean?
- To defeat, baffle or trample down, an older spelling and use of foil.
- What letters can be added to FOYLE?
- FOYLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FOYLE:
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