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Is foment a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word foment is a Scrabble US word. The word foment is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is foment a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word foment is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

F4O1M3E1N1T1

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Yes. The word foment is a Words With Friends word. The word foment is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

FOMENT,

5-letter words (4 found)

MENTO,MONTE,MOTEN,OFTEN,

4-letter words (12 found)

FENT,FOEN,FONE,FONT,MENO,MENT,MOTE,NOME,NOTE,OMEN,TOME,TONE,

3-letter words (24 found)

EFT,EMO,EON,FEM,FEN,FET,FOE,FON,MEN,MET,MOE,MON,MOT,NEF,NET,NOM,NOT,OFT,ONE,TEF,TEN,TOE,TOM,TON,

2-letter words (15 found)

EF,EM,EN,ET,FE,ME,MO,NE,NO,OE,OF,OM,ON,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from foment according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of foment

foment

Etymology

From Middle English fomenten, a borrowing from Old French fomenter, from Late Latin fomentare, from Latin fōmentum (“lotion”), from fovere (“heat, cherish”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəʊˈmɛnt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /foʊˈmɛnt/, /fəˈmɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Homophone: ferment (in some dialects, unstressed)

Verb

foment (third-person singular simple present foments, present participle fomenting, simple past and past participle fomented)

  1. (transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
  2. (medicine, transitive) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
    Synonym: beath

Derived terms

  • fomentation

Translations

Noun

foment (plural foments)

  1. Fomentation.

References

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fōmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [fuˈmen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [foˈment]

Noun

foment m (plural foments)

  1. promotion, fostering, fomentation

Related terms

  • fomentar

Further reading

  • “foment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Source: wiktionary.org