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Is fount a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fount is a Scrabble US word. The word fount is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is fount a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fount is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

F4O1U1N1T1

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5-letter words (2 found)

FOUNT,FUTON,

4-letter words (5 found)

FONT,NOUT,TOFU,TOUN,UNTO,

3-letter words (10 found)

FON,FOU,FUN,NOT,NUT,OFT,OUT,TON,TUN,UFO,

2-letter words (9 found)

FU,NO,NU,OF,ON,OU,TO,UN,UT,

You can make 26 words from fount according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of fount

fount ofunt fuont ufont oufnt uofnt fonut ofnut fnout nfout onfut nofut funot ufnot fnuot nfuot unfot nufot ounft uonft onuft nouft unoft nuoft foutn ofutn fuotn ufotn ouftn uoftn fotun oftun ftoun tfoun otfun tofun futon ufton ftuon tfuon utfon tufon outfn uotfn otufn toufn utofn tuofn fontu ofntu fnotu nfotu onftu noftu fotnu oftnu ftonu tfonu otfnu tofnu fntou nftou ftnou tfnou ntfou tnfou ontfu notfu otnfu tonfu ntofu tnofu funto ufnto fnuto nfuto unfto nufto futno uftno ftuno tfuno utfno tufno fntuo nftuo ftnuo tfnuo ntfuo tnfuo untfo nutfo utnfo tunfo ntufo tnufo ountf uontf onutf noutf unotf nuotf outnf uotnf otunf tounf utonf tuonf ontuf notuf otnuf tonuf ntouf tnouf untof nutof utnof tunof ntuof tnuof

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Definitions and meaning of fount

fount

Etymology 1

Shortening of fountain

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aʊnt

Noun

fount (plural founts)

  1. Something from which water flows.
  2. A device from which poultry may drink.
  3. (figuratively) That from which something flows or proceeds; a source.
Synonyms
  • font
  • fountain
  • (device from which animals drink): waterer
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).

Alternative forms

  • font

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɒnt/
  • Homophone: font

Noun

fount (plural founts)

  1. (typography, UK, dated) A typographic font.

References

  • “fount” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
  • Bringhurst, Robert (2002). The Elements of Typographic Style, version 2.5, pp 291–2. Vancouver, Hartley & Marks. →ISBN.
  • “fount”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • FUTON, futon

Occitan

Noun

fount f (plural founts)

  1. spring, fountain

Source: wiktionary.org