/foʊ/
noun

Is FOE a Scrabble word?

Yes. FOE is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning An enemy.

Noun 2 meanings

  1. An enemy.

  2. A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: foe via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier yfoh, yvo, ifa (“foe”), from Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), from fāh (“hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”) (compare Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), Lithuanian pi̇̀ktas (“evil”)).

Similar and opposite words

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FOE at a glance

FOE has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #14,504 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -FOE

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Same last three letters as FOE. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

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