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foxhole

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Is foxhole a Scrabble word?

Yes, foxhole is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 20 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of foxhole?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.Examples: "The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes” is absurd. Foxholes teem with atheists—who, to be sure, frequently infringe the Third Commandment in their desperation."; "Four pilots from the St. Lo, returning from a strike, land at the Dulag Airstrip and are promptly handed carbines, given a foxhole, and told to help repel a Japanese infantry counterattack. With that job done, with the aid of some stacked boxes and buckets full of petrol, they rearm and repair their aircraft, and then head back out to land on other ships."

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.Examples: "Trogh and Charlie have started foxholing one corner of our tent, and I helped them a little."; "The line was not foxholed in. This is one weakness of the Nungs. They resent digging and so they do not carry entrenching tools into the field."transitive

2. (transitive) To drive into a military foxhole.Examples: "[…] the vet recalled with terrible anguish a scene where he and his friend had been foxholed several dozen yards apart, with a small group of enemy soldiers (Viet Cong) coming toward them over the crest of a hill."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "foxhole"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "foxhole"?

Scrabble
20 points
F4
O1
X8
H4
O1
L1
E1
Words With Friends
20 points
F4
O1
X8
H3
O1
L2
E1

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