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Forefatherly

f 4o 1r 1e 1f 4a 1t 1h 4e 1r 1l 1y 4

About 5 syllables

noun · 12 letters · Rare · form of forefather

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

What does forefatherly mean?

noun

  1. the founder of a family

    “keep the faith of our forefathers”

    Synonymsfathersire

  2. person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

    “our forefathers brought forth a great nation”

Definitions shown for forefather, the base form of forefatherly.

Is FOREFATHERLY a valid word?

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

How many points is FOREFATHERLY worth?

Scrabble

24 pts
f 4o 1r 1e 1f 4a 1t 1h 4e 1r 1l 1y 4

Words With Friends

23 pts
f 4o 1r 1e 1f 4a 1t 1h 3e 1r 1l 2y 3

Wordfeud

24 pts
f 4o 1r 1e 1f 4a 1t 1h 4e 1r 1l 1y 4

NYT Crossplay

24 pts
f 4o 1r 1e 1f 4a 1t 1h 3e 1r 1l 2y 4

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

Words from the letters in FOREFATHERLY

Words that end like FOREFATHERLY

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

properlyutterlyformerlyeagerlyelderlyoverlynortheasterlydisorderlyimproperlybrotherlynortherlyquarterlysoutherlybitterlycleverlyeasterlyfatherlygingerlymasterlymotherlysisterlytenderlywesterlymiserly
All words ending in -ERLY

Forefatherly: quick answers

Is FOREFATHERLY a valid Scrabble word?
Only in Collins. FOREFATHERLY is valid in Scrabble outside North America (Collins/SOWPODS) but not in the North American NWL list.
How many points is FOREFATHERLY worth?
FOREFATHERLY scores 24 points in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends, 24 in Wordfeud and 24 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does forefatherly mean?
forefatherly is related to forefather, which means “the founder of a family”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in FOREFATHERLY?
You can make 656 shorter words from FOREFATHERLY, such as FOREFATHER, FATHERLY, FEATHERY, FROTHERY. See the full list.