Is FORMER a word?
FORMER is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 32 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, FORMER is a valid word.
What does former mean?
noun: the first of two or the first mentioned of two.
“Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
FORMER: word details
- Pronunciation: FAWR-mur (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of former
Shorter words inside former
Words you can make from the letters of former.
Solve a whole rack, not just FORMER
FORMER 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 FORMER mean?
FORMER is a noun. It means: the first of two or the first mentioned of two.
Is FORMER a valid word?
Yes, FORMER is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 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.