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FORDS

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What FORDS Means

FORDS is a form of FORD, which means:

  1. noun: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded
  2. noun: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
  3. verb: cross a river where it's shallow

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FORDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 R1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FORDS

25 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (7)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing FORDS

FORDS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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