The word afoul is a valid scrabble word

2 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • afoul adv. (Archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement.
  • afoul adv. (With of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).

11 valid words from 2 definitions

ARCHAIC COLLISION CONFLICT ENTANGLEMENT IN NAUTICAL OF OR PRINCIPALLY STATE WITH

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

FOU FOUL OU

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

FA OF

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

FOUL

4 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A FOUL
-O LAUF
-U FOAL LOAF

Scrabble scoring

  • 8 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 386 chance (0.26%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 1556 chance (0.06%).

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • No suffixes (Word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)
  • No anagrams can be formed with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word and an extra letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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