Definition of foreground

"foreground" in the noun sense

1. foreground

the part of a scene that is near the viewer

2. foreground

computer science) a window for an active application

"foreground" in the verb sense

1. foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up

move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

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foreground in Scrabble®

The word foreground 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters foreground:

FOREGROUND
(144)
FOREGROUND
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

forgoer, forgone, founder, guerdon, refound, rongeur, rounder, undergo

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word foreground

FOREGROUND
(144)
FOREGROUND
(144)
FOREGROUND
(96)
FOREGROUND
(96)
FOREGROUND
(68)
FOREGROUND
(64)
FOREGROUND
(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(60)
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(54)
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(54)
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(48)
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(48)
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(42)
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(42)
FOREGROUND
(40)
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(40)
FOREGROUND
(38)
FOREGROUND
(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(36)
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(34)
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(34)
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(34)
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(34)
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(32)
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(32)
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(32)
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(32)
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(30)
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(30)
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(29)
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(23)
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(22)
FOREGROUND
(19)
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(19)
FOREGROUND
(19)
FOREGROUND
(19)
FOREGROUND
(18)
FOREGROUND
(18)
FOREGROUND
(18)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In foreground

FOREGROUND
(144)
FOREGROUND
(144)
FOREGROUND
(96)
FOREGROUND
(96)
FOUNDER
(95 = 45 + 50)
FORGONE
(95 = 45 + 50)
FORGOER
(95 = 45 + 50)
REFOUND
(95 = 45 + 50)
FOUNDER
(94 = 44 + 50)
FORGONE
(94 = 44 + 50)
REFOUND
(94 = 44 + 50)
FORGOER
(94 = 44 + 50)
FOUNDER
(89 = 39 + 50)
REFOUND
(89 = 39 + 50)
FORGONE
(89 = 39 + 50)
FORGOER
(89 = 39 + 50)
FORGOER
(89 = 39 + 50)
FORGONE
(89 = 39 + 50)
REFOUND
(88 = 38 + 50)
FORGONE
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFOUND
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGOER
(86 = 36 + 50)
FOUNDER
(86 = 36 + 50)
FOUNDER
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGONE
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGOER
(86 = 36 + 50)
FOUNDER
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFOUND
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFOUND
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFOUND
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGONE
(86 = 36 + 50)
FOUNDER
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFOUND
(86 = 36 + 50)
FOUNDER
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGOER
(86 = 36 + 50)
REFOUND
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGONE
(86 = 36 + 50)
GUERDON
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGOER
(86 = 36 + 50)
FOUNDER
(86 = 36 + 50)
UNDERGO
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGONE
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGOER
(86 = 36 + 50)
FORGONE
(83 = 33 + 50)
GUERDON
(83 = 33 + 50)
REFOUND
(83 = 33 + 50)
GUERDON
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNDERGO
(83 = 33 + 50)
FOUNDER
(83 = 33 + 50)
FORGOER
(83 = 33 + 50)
UNDERGO
(83 = 33 + 50)
FOUNDER
(82 = 32 + 50)
ROUNDER
(82 = 32 + 50)
FORGONE
(82 = 32 + 50)
FORGOER
(82 = 32 + 50)
REFOUND
(82 = 32 + 50)
RONGEUR
(82 = 32 + 50)
FOUNDER
(80 = 30 + 50)
GUERDON
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNDERGO
(80 = 30 + 50)
GUERDON
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNDERGO
(80 = 30 + 50)
RONGEUR
(80 = 30 + 50)
REFOUND
(80 = 30 + 50)
FOUNDER
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNDERGO
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNDERGO
(80 = 30 + 50)
FOUNDER
(80 = 30 + 50)
FORGONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
ROUNDER
(80 = 30 + 50)
FORGONE
(80 = 30 + 50)
FORGOER
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNDERGO
(80 = 30 + 50)
GUERDON
(80 = 30 + 50)
GUERDON
(80 = 30 + 50)
RONGEUR
(80 = 30 + 50)
GUERDON
(80 = 30 + 50)
GUERDON
(80 = 30 + 50)
FORGOER
(80 = 30 + 50)
UNDERGO
(80 = 30 + 50)
REFOUND
(78 = 28 + 50)
FOUNDER
(78 = 28 + 50)
UNDERGO
(77 = 27 + 50)
GUERDON
(77 = 27 + 50)
ROUNDER
(77 = 27 + 50)
RONGEUR
(77 = 27 + 50)
RONGEUR
(77 = 27 + 50)
ROUNDER
(77 = 27 + 50)
RONGEUR
(77 = 27 + 50)
ROUNDER
(77 = 27 + 50)
ROUNDER
(77 = 27 + 50)
ROUNDER
(77 = 27 + 50)
ROUNDER
(77 = 27 + 50)
RONGEUR
(77 = 27 + 50)
RONGEUR
(77 = 27 + 50)
ROUNDER
(77 = 27 + 50)
RONGEUR
(77 = 27 + 50)
FORGONE
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGONE
(76 = 26 + 50)
GUERDON
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGOER
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGOER
(76 = 26 + 50)
FOUNDER
(76 = 26 + 50)
FOUNDER
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGONE
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGONE
(76 = 26 + 50)
FOUNDER
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGOER
(76 = 26 + 50)
REFOUND
(76 = 26 + 50)
UNDERGO
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGONE
(76 = 26 + 50)
REFOUND
(76 = 26 + 50)
REFOUND
(76 = 26 + 50)
FOUNDER
(76 = 26 + 50)
REFOUND
(76 = 26 + 50)
REFOUND
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGOER
(76 = 26 + 50)
UNDERGO
(76 = 26 + 50)
FORGOER
(76 = 26 + 50)
REFOUND
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGONE
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGOER
(74 = 24 + 50)
ROUNDER
(74 = 24 + 50)
UNDERGO
(74 = 24 + 50)
FOUNDER
(74 = 24 + 50)
GUERDON
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGOER
(74 = 24 + 50)
REFOUND
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGONE
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGOER
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGOER
(74 = 24 + 50)
REFOUND
(74 = 24 + 50)
GUERDON
(74 = 24 + 50)
RONGEUR
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGONE
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGONE
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGOER
(74 = 24 + 50)
FOUNDER
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGONE
(74 = 24 + 50)
REFOUND
(74 = 24 + 50)
ROUNDER
(74 = 24 + 50)
FOUNDER
(74 = 24 + 50)
REFOUND
(74 = 24 + 50)
FOUNDER
(74 = 24 + 50)
FOUNDER
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGOER
(74 = 24 + 50)
FORGONE
(74 = 24 + 50)
REFOUND
(73 = 23 + 50)
FOUNDER
(73 = 23 + 50)
FOUNDER
(72 = 22 + 50)
FOUNDER
(72 = 22 + 50)
UNDERGO
(72 = 22 + 50)
UNDERGO
(72 = 22 + 50)
UNDERGO
(72 = 22 + 50)
UNDERGO
(72 = 22 + 50)
GUERDON
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGONE
(72 = 22 + 50)
FOUNDER
(72 = 22 + 50)
REFOUND
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGOER
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGOER
(72 = 22 + 50)
ROUNDER
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGOER
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGOER
(72 = 22 + 50)
REFOUND
(72 = 22 + 50)
REFOUND
(72 = 22 + 50)
GUERDON
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGONE
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGONE
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGONE
(72 = 22 + 50)
REFOUND
(72 = 22 + 50)
REFOUND
(72 = 22 + 50)
FOUNDER
(72 = 22 + 50)
UNDERGO
(72 = 22 + 50)
FOUNDER
(72 = 22 + 50)
GUERDON
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGOER
(72 = 22 + 50)
GUERDON
(72 = 22 + 50)
GUERDON
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGONE
(72 = 22 + 50)
GUERDON
(72 = 22 + 50)
FORGOER
(71 = 21 + 50)
FORGONE
(71 = 21 + 50)
ROUNDER
(70 = 20 + 50)
ROUNDER
(70 = 20 + 50)
ROUNDER
(70 = 20 + 50)
ROUNDER
(70 = 20 + 50)
UNDERGO
(70 = 20 + 50)
ROUNDER
(70 = 20 + 50)
RONGEUR
(70 = 20 + 50)
UNDERGO
(70 = 20 + 50)
RONGEUR
(70 = 20 + 50)
RONGEUR
(70 = 20 + 50)
UNDERGO
(70 = 20 + 50)
RONGEUR
(70 = 20 + 50)
RONGEUR
(70 = 20 + 50)
RONGEUR
(70 = 20 + 50)
UNDERGO
(70 = 20 + 50)
UNDERGO
(70 = 20 + 50)
GUERDON
(70 = 20 + 50)

foreground in Words With Friends™

The word foreground 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: 18

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

FOREGROUND
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (8 words)

forgoer, forgone, founder, guerdon, refound, rongeur, rounder, undergo

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word foreground

FOREGROUND
(234)
FOREGROUND
(198)
FOREGROUND
(120)
FOREGROUND
(120)
FOREGROUND
(88)
FOREGROUND
(80)
FOREGROUND
(80)
FOREGROUND
(80)
FOREGROUND
(78)
FOREGROUND
(76)
FOREGROUND
(76)
FOREGROUND
(72)
FOREGROUND
(72)
FOREGROUND
(72)
FOREGROUND
(72)
FOREGROUND
(66)
FOREGROUND
(64)
FOREGROUND
(60)
FOREGROUND
(56)
FOREGROUND
(48)
FOREGROUND
(48)
FOREGROUND
(44)
FOREGROUND
(44)
FOREGROUND
(40)
FOREGROUND
(36)
FOREGROUND
(36)
FOREGROUND
(36)
FOREGROUND
(36)
FOREGROUND
(29)
FOREGROUND
(26)
FOREGROUND
(25)
FOREGROUND
(25)
FOREGROUND
(24)
FOREGROUND
(24)
FOREGROUND
(23)
FOREGROUND
(23)
FOREGROUND
(22)
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(22)
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(22)
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(22)
FOREGROUND
(22)
FOREGROUND
(22)
FOREGROUND
(21)
FOREGROUND
(21)
FOREGROUND
(21)
FOREGROUND
(21)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In foreground

FOREGROUND
(234)
FOREGROUND
(198)
FOREGROUND
(120)
FOREGROUND
(120)
FOUNDER
(110 = 75 + 35)
FORGONE
(104 = 69 + 35)
FORGONE
(104 = 69 + 35)
REFOUND
(104 = 69 + 35)
FORGOER
(101 = 66 + 35)
RONGEUR
(98 = 63 + 35)
FORGONE
(98 = 63 + 35)
REFOUND
(98 = 63 + 35)
FORGONE
(98 = 63 + 35)
FOUNDER
(98 = 63 + 35)
GUERDON
(95 = 60 + 35)
UNDERGO
(95 = 60 + 35)
UNDERGO
(95 = 60 + 35)
FORGOER
(95 = 60 + 35)
FORGOER
(95 = 60 + 35)
GUERDON
(95 = 60 + 35)
FORGOER
(95 = 60 + 35)
FOUNDER
(92 = 57 + 35)
FOUNDER
(92 = 57 + 35)
FORGONE
(92 = 57 + 35)
FOUNDER
(92 = 57 + 35)
RONGEUR
(92 = 57 + 35)
REFOUND
(92 = 57 + 35)
FORGONE
(92 = 57 + 35)
GUERDON
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNDERGO
(89 = 54 + 35)
UNDERGO
(89 = 54 + 35)
FORGOER
(89 = 54 + 35)
GUERDON
(89 = 54 + 35)
FORGOER
(89 = 54 + 35)
FOREGROUND
(88)
FORGONE
(87 = 52 + 35)
FOUNDER
(87 = 52 + 35)
REFOUND
(87 = 52 + 35)
REFOUND
(87 = 52 + 35)
FORGONE
(87 = 52 + 35)
REFOUND
(87 = 52 + 35)
FOUNDER
(87 = 52 + 35)
FORGONE
(87 = 52 + 35)
FOUNDER
(87 = 52 + 35)
REFOUND
(86 = 51 + 35)
RONGEUR
(86 = 51 + 35)
RONGEUR
(86 = 51 + 35)
RONGEUR
(86 = 51 + 35)
REFOUND
(86 = 51 + 35)
REFOUND
(86 = 51 + 35)
FOUNDER
(86 = 51 + 35)
FOUNDER
(86 = 51 + 35)
FORGONE
(86 = 51 + 35)
FORGONE
(86 = 51 + 35)
GUERDON
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNDERGO
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNDERGO
(83 = 48 + 35)
ROUNDER
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNDERGO
(83 = 48 + 35)
ROUNDER
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNDERGO
(83 = 48 + 35)
ROUNDER
(83 = 48 + 35)
ROUNDER
(83 = 48 + 35)
FORGOER
(83 = 48 + 35)
GUERDON
(83 = 48 + 35)
FORGOER
(83 = 48 + 35)
FORGOER
(83 = 48 + 35)
FORGOER
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNDERGO
(83 = 48 + 35)
UNDERGO
(83 = 48 + 35)
GUERDON
(83 = 48 + 35)
GUERDON
(83 = 48 + 35)
GUERDON
(83 = 48 + 35)
GUERDON
(83 = 48 + 35)
FOREGROUND
(80)
FOREGROUND
(80)
REFOUND
(80 = 45 + 35)
FOREGROUND
(80)
FOUNDER
(80 = 45 + 35)
FORGONE
(80 = 45 + 35)
RONGEUR
(80 = 45 + 35)
FOUNDER
(80 = 45 + 35)
FORGONE
(80 = 45 + 35)
REFOUND
(80 = 45 + 35)
REFOUND
(80 = 45 + 35)
RONGEUR
(80 = 45 + 35)
FOUNDER
(80 = 45 + 35)
REFOUND
(80 = 45 + 35)
RONGEUR
(79 = 44 + 35)
RONGEUR
(79 = 44 + 35)
RONGEUR
(79 = 44 + 35)
FOREGROUND
(78)
FORGONE
(77 = 42 + 35)
GUERDON
(77 = 42 + 35)
GUERDON
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNDERGO
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNDERGO
(77 = 42 + 35)
GUERDON
(77 = 42 + 35)
FORGOER
(77 = 42 + 35)
REFOUND
(77 = 42 + 35)
ROUNDER
(77 = 42 + 35)
ROUNDER
(77 = 42 + 35)
FORGOER
(77 = 42 + 35)
FORGOER
(77 = 42 + 35)
FOUNDER
(77 = 42 + 35)
UNDERGO
(77 = 42 + 35)
FOREGROUND
(76)
FOREGROUND
(76)
FORGOER
(75 = 40 + 35)
ROUNDER
(75 = 40 + 35)
ROUNDER
(75 = 40 + 35)
ROUNDER
(75 = 40 + 35)
RONGEUR
(74 = 39 + 35)
RONGEUR
(74 = 39 + 35)
RONGEUR
(74 = 39 + 35)
FOREGROUND
(72)
FOREGROUND
(72)
FOREGROUND
(72)
FONDUE
(72)
FOREGROUND
(72)
FUNDER
(72)
GOOFED
(72)
GUERDON
(71 = 36 + 35)
ROUNDER
(71 = 36 + 35)
ROUNDER
(71 = 36 + 35)
ROUNDER
(71 = 36 + 35)
ROUNDER
(71 = 36 + 35)
UNDERGO
(71 = 36 + 35)
REFOUND
(69 = 34 + 35)
FONDER
(69)
FOUNDER
(69 = 34 + 35)
REFOUND
(69 = 34 + 35)
FOUNDER
(69 = 34 + 35)
FOUNDER
(69 = 34 + 35)
REFOUND
(69 = 34 + 35)
FORGONE
(69 = 34 + 35)
REFOUND
(69 = 34 + 35)
FORGONE
(69 = 34 + 35)
UNDERGO
(67 = 32 + 35)
GUERDON
(67 = 32 + 35)
GUERDON
(67 = 32 + 35)
UNDERGO
(67 = 32 + 35)
UNDERGO
(67 = 32 + 35)
FORGOER
(67 = 32 + 35)
GUERDON
(67 = 32 + 35)
FOREGROUND
(66)
REFUND
(66)
ROOFED
(66)
FORGED
(66)
FORGED
(66)
FORGONE
(65 = 30 + 35)
UNDERGO
(65 = 30 + 35)
FORGONE
(65 = 30 + 35)
FORGONE
(65 = 30 + 35)
FORGONE
(65 = 30 + 35)
REFOUND
(65 = 30 + 35)
FORGONE
(65 = 30 + 35)
REFOUND
(65 = 30 + 35)
REFOUND
(65 = 30 + 35)
REFOUND
(65 = 30 + 35)
FOUNDER
(65 = 30 + 35)
FOUNDER
(65 = 30 + 35)
FOUNDER
(65 = 30 + 35)
FOUNDER
(65 = 30 + 35)
REFOUND
(65 = 30 + 35)
RONGEUR
(65 = 30 + 35)
RONGEUR
(65 = 30 + 35)
FOUNDER
(65 = 30 + 35)
GUERDON
(65 = 30 + 35)
FOREGROUND
(64)
GUERDON
(63 = 28 + 35)
UNDERGO
(63 = 28 + 35)
FOUNDER
(63 = 28 + 35)
FURRED
(63)
GUERDON
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGONE
(63 = 28 + 35)
GUERDON
(63 = 28 + 35)
GUERDON
(63 = 28 + 35)
ROUNDER
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGONE
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGOER
(63 = 28 + 35)
UNDERGO
(63 = 28 + 35)
GUERDON
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGER
(63)
UNDERGO
(63 = 28 + 35)
FOUNDER
(63 = 28 + 35)
UNDERGO
(63 = 28 + 35)
UNDERGO
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGOER
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGOER
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGOER
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGONE
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGOER
(63 = 28 + 35)
FORGONE
(63 = 28 + 35)
FOREGO
(63)
REFOUND
(63 = 28 + 35)
ROUNDER
(63 = 28 + 35)
FOUNDER
(63 = 28 + 35)
REFOUND
(63 = 28 + 35)
REFOUND
(61 = 26 + 35)

Words containing the sequence foreground

Words that start with foreground (4 words)

Words with foreground in them (1 word)

Words that end with foreground (1 word)

Word Growth involving foreground

Shorter words in foreground

or for fore

or ore fore

re ore fore

un round ground reground

re reground

Longer words containing foreground

foregrounded

foregrounding

foregrounds