Definition of football

"football" in the noun sense

1. football, football game

any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal

2. football

the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football

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Quotations for football

All are fellows at football. [ Proverb ]

I love college football. It's the only time of year you can walk down the street with a girl in one arm and a blanket in the other, and nobody thinks twice about it. [ Duffy Daugherty ]

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening. Does not Mr. Bryant say that Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while Error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger? [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]

football in Scrabble®

The word football is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters football:

FOOTBALL
(144)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word football

FOOTBALL
(144)
FOOTBALL
(126)
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(96)
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(84)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In football

FOOTBALL
(144)
FOOTBALL
(126)
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(96)
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(84)
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(52)
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(32)
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(30)
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(18)
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football in Words With Friends™

The word football is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters football:

FOOTBALL
(144)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word football

FOOTBALL
(144)
FOOTBALL
(108)
FOOTBALL
(84)
FOOTBALL
(80)
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(78)
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(78)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In football

FOOTBALL
(144)
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(108)
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(84)
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(80)
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(78)
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(64)
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(51)
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(51)
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(51)
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FOOL
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(45)
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(39)
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Words within the letters of football

2 letter words in football (7 words)

3 letter words in football (16 words)

5 letter words in football (8 words)

6 letter words in football (1 word)

8 letter words in football (1 word)

football + 1 blank (1 word)

football + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence football

Words with football in them (1 word)

Words that end with football (2 words)

Word Growth involving football

Shorter words in football

all ball

foot

Longer words containing football

footballer footballers

footballing

footballist footballists

footballs

nonfootball