MOORFOWL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MOORFOWL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOORFOWL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOORFOWL is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOORFOWL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
moorfowlsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOORFOWL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MOORFOWL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MOORFOWL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MOORFOWL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britisharchaic
The red grouse, a reddish-brown game bird of the upland heather moors of Britain.
A moorfowl is the same bird that hunters know as the red grouse, named for the open moorland where it lives. The word is older and more poetic than the usual name and turns up mostly in historical writing.
How MOORFOWL is used
Moorfowl is found in older books on shooting and moorland natural history.
- A moorfowl burst from the heather and whirred away downhill.
- The estate kept its moors carefully so that each moorfowl had cover.
- He wrote of the moorfowl calling at dawn above the bog.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOORFOWL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOORFOWL
1 longer words begin with MOORFOWL.
Shorter words from the letters in MOORFOWL
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Common questions about MOORFOWL
- Is MOORFOWL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOORFOWL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOORFOWL worth?
- MOORFOWL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOORFOWL mean?
- The red grouse, a reddish-brown game bird of the upland heather moors of Britain.
- What letters can be added to MOORFOWL?
- MOORFOWL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MOORFOWL:
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