Definition of foul

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• foul is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• foul is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• foul is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9

Definition of foul

• become or cause to become obstructed (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. back up
  2. choke
  3. choke off
  4. clog
  5. clog up
  6. congest
• (of a manuscript) defaced with changes (adjective)

  Examples

  1. foul (or dirty) copy

  Synonyms

  1. dirty
  2. marked-up
• violating accepted standards or rules (adjective)

  Examples

  1. used foul means to gain power

  Synonyms

  1. cheating
  2. dirty
  3. unsporting
  4. unsportsmanlike
• make impure (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. contaminate
  2. pollute
• offensively malodorous (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a foul odor

  Synonyms

  1. fetid
  2. foetid
  3. foul-smelling
  4. funky
  5. ill-scented
  6. noisome
  7. smelly
  8. stinking
• disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a foul pond

  Synonyms

  1. filthy
  2. nasty
• spot, stain, or pollute (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. befoul
  2. defile
  3. maculate
• especially of a ship's lines etc (adjective)

  Examples

  1. with its sails afoul
  2. a foul anchor

  Synonyms

  1. afoul
  2. fouled
• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. disgustful
  2. disgusting
  3. distasteful
  4. loathly
  5. loathsome
  6. repellant
  7. repellent
  8. repelling
  9. revolting
  10. skanky
  11. wicked
  12. yucky
• characterized by obscenity (adjective)

  Examples

  1. foul language

  Synonyms

  1. cruddy
  2. filthy
  3. nasty
  4. smutty
• an act that violates the rules of a sport (noun)
• become soiled and dirty (verb)
• commit a foul; break the rules (verb)
• hit a foul ball (verb)
• make unclean (verb)

  Examples

  1. foul the water
• (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines (adjective)

See definition of foul in Merriam Webster