The word folks is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • folks n. The members of one’s immediate family, especially one’s parents.
  • folks n. (US) People in general; everybody or anybody.
  • folks n. (US, slang, rare, southern Louisiana) The police.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

ANYBODY ESPECIALLY EVERYBODY FAMILY GENERAL IMMEDIATE IN MEMBERS OF ONE OR PARENTS PEOPLE POLICE RARE SLANG SOUTHERN THE US

1 invalid word from 3 definitions

LOUISIANA

One word in word (Word found as is inside the word.)

FOLK

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

LO OF

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

FILKS FOLDS FOLKY FORKS HOLKS POLKS VOLKS YOLKS

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

FOLK

14 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

FOLKSY FOLKSIER FOLKSILY FOLKSONG FOLKSIEST FOLKSONGS FOLKSINESS FOLKSINGER FOLKSONOMY FOLKSINGERS FOLKSINGING FOLKSINESSES FOLKSINGINGS FOLKSONOMIES

10 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

KINFOLKS MENFOLKS MERFOLKS SEAFOLKS KINSFOLKS WORKFOLKS TOWNSFOLKS WOMENFOLKS GENTLEFOLKS TRADESFOLKS

3 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+C FLOCKS
+O KLOOFS
+Y FOLKSY

2 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-F SKOL
-S FOLK

Scrabble scoring

  • 12 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 2056 chance (0.05%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 14004 chance (0.01%).

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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