/fɹoʊ/
adverb

Is FRO a Scrabble word?

Yes. FRO 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.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Meaning From; away; back or backward.

Adverb 1 meaning

  1. From; away; back or backward.

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

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English fro, fra, from Old English fra (“from”), from Old Norse frá (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Scots frae (“fro, from”), Icelandic frá (“from”). More at from.

FRO at a glance

FRO has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (F 4 + R 1 + O 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #18,695 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -FRO

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

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