FRO is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. FRO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRO?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRO is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FRO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What stands out about FRO
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FRO mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Back — in the phrase to and fro.
Fro survives in one phrase and nowhere else: it is the same word as the Norse form of from, so to and fro means to and from. Anybody who tried to use it alone would be understood only by accident.
How FRO is used
Only in to and fro. Never used alone.
- The ferry goes to and fro all day.
- He walked to and fro across the room for an hour.
- The word fro is the same as from in another form.
- Nothing in English uses fro except one phrase.
- To and fro is older than either half of it suggests.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FRO
The 3 tiles of FRO in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with FRO
Showing 24 of 270 words that begin with FRO.
Words ending in FRO
1 words end in FRO. Useful as a back hook: play FRO onto a word already on the board.
Words with FRO inside
Showing 24 of 165 words that contain FRO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FRO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FRO
Common questions about FRO
- Is FRO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRO worth?
- FRO is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRO mean?
- Back — in the phrase to and fro.
- What letters can be added to FRO?
- FRO takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FRO:
Open FRO in the Word Finder