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
- back up
- choke
- choke off
- clog
- clog up
- congest
- (of a manuscript) defaced with changes (adjective)
Examples
- foul (or dirty) copy
Synonyms
- dirty
- marked-up
- violating accepted standards or rules (adjective)
Examples
- used foul means to gain power
Synonyms
- cheating
- dirty
- unsporting
- unsportsmanlike
- make impure (verb)
Synonyms
- contaminate
- pollute
- offensively malodorous (adjective)
Examples
- a foul odor
Synonyms
- fetid
- foetid
- foul-smelling
- funky
- ill-scented
- noisome
- smelly
- stinking
- disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter (adjective)
Examples
- a foul pond
Synonyms
- filthy
- nasty
- spot, stain, or pollute (verb)
Synonyms
- befoul
- defile
- maculate
- especially of a ship's lines etc (adjective)
Examples
- with its sails afoul
- a foul anchor
Synonyms
- afoul
- fouled
- highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust (adjective)
Synonyms
- disgustful
- disgusting
- distasteful
- loathly
- loathsome
- repellant
- repellent
- repelling
- revolting
- skanky
- wicked
- yucky
- characterized by obscenity (adjective)
Examples
- foul language
Synonyms
- cruddy
- filthy
- nasty
- 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
- foul the water
- (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines (adjective)
See definition of foul in Merriam Webster