Is AFOUL a word?
AFOUL is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 12 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, AFOUL is a valid word.
What does afoul mean?
adjective: especially of a ship's lines etc.
“with its sails afoul”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
AFOUL: word details
- Pronunciation: uh-FOWL (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 8 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so AFOUL works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside afoul
Words you can make from the letters of afoul.
Solve a whole rack, not just AFOUL
AFOUL is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does AFOUL mean?
AFOUL is a adjective. It means: especially of a ship's lines etc.
Is AFOUL a valid word?
Yes, AFOUL is a valid word. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.