Is FOLKS a word?
FOLKS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 5 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, FOLKS is a valid word.
What does folks mean?
noun: your parents.
“he wrote to his folks every day”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
FOLKS: word details
- Pronunciation: FOHKS (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so FOLKS 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 folks
Words you can make from the letters of folks.
Solve a whole rack, not just FOLKS
FOLKS 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 FOLKS mean?
FOLKS is a noun. It means: your parents.
Is FOLKS a valid word?
Yes, FOLKS is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 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.