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FOUL
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
F
4
O
1
U
1
L
1
Σ
7
Definitions
Adjective
- especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
- characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
- (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
- violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
- offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
Verb
- become soiled and dirty
- make unclean; "foul the water"
- spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
- make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
- commit a foul; break the rules
- hit a foul ball
- become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
Noun
- an act that violates the rules of a sport
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word FOUL
Yes, FOUL is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 7 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
FOUL is a 4-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants.