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Football

Q: What does football mean?

As a noun, football means “any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.

f ₄o ₁o ₁t ₁b ₃a ₁l ₁l ₁

About 2 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Very common

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does football mean?

noun

any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
Synonymsfootball game
the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

Is FOOTBALL a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is FOOTBALL worth?

Scrabble

13 pts

f ₄o ₁o ₁t ₁b ₃a ₁l ₁l ₁

Words With Friends

16 pts

f ₄o ₁o ₁t ₁b ₄a ₁l ₂l ₂

Wordfeud

14 pts

f ₄o ₁o ₁t ₁b ₄a ₁l ₁l ₁

NYT Crossplay

16 pts

f ₄o ₁o ₁t ₁b ₄a ₁l ₂l ₂

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in FOOTBALL

Best shorter words top 30 of 87

baft 9 flab 9 afoot 8 aloft 8 aloof 8 ballot 8 fab 8 float 8 flota 8 fob 8 lobola 8 loofa 8 baloo 7 bloat 7 fall 7 flat 7 foal 7 fool 7 foot 7 loaf 7 loft 7 loof 7 taboo 7 aft 6 alf 6 ball 6 blat 6 blot 6 boat 6 bola 6

See all 87 words made from FOOTBALL

Hooks for FOOTBALL

Add one letter to the front or back of FOOTBALL to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

footballs

Words that end like FOOTBALL

Common words that share the ending -ALL, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -ALL

Football: quick answers

Is FOOTBALL a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. FOOTBALL is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 13 points before board bonuses.

How many points is FOOTBALL worth?

FOOTBALL scores 13 points in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends, 14 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does football mean?

As a noun, football means “any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in FOOTBALL?

You can make 87 shorter words from FOOTBALL, such as BAFT, FLAB, AFOOT, ALOFT. See the full list.