foul
/faʊl/
verbadjectivenoun
4 letters1 syllable7 points in Scrabble®9 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS16
VERB
1
Become or cause to become obstructed.
2
Become soiled and dirty.
3
Commit a foul; break the rules.
4
Hit a foul ball.
5
Make unclean.
“foul the water”
6
Make impure.
7
ADJECTIVESpot, stain, or pollute.
1
Characterized by obscenity.
“foul language”
2
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines.
3
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes.
“foul (or dirty) copy”
4
Violating accepted standards or rules.
“used foul means to gain power”
5
Offensively malodorous.
“a foul odor”
6
Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter.
“a foul pond”
7
Especially of a ship's lines etc.
“with its sails afoul”
“a foul anchor”
8
NOUNHighly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
1
An act that violates the rules of a sport.
WORD FORMS
Related formfoulness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®7 points
Words With Friends®9 points
Double word14 points
Triple word21 points
GOOD TO KNOW
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Starts & ends withF … L
Syllablesfoul
SYNONYMS & RELATED57
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