Definition of FOE

foe

Plural: foes

Noun

  • An enemy or adversary.
  • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
  • a personal enemy
    • "they had been political foes for years"
  • An enemy.
  • A unit of energy equal to 10⁴⁴ joules.

Adj

  • Hostile.

Examples

  • He faced his Words With Friends foe with a steely resolve and a rack full of vowels.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English fo (“foe; hostile”), from earlier ifo (“foe”), from Old English ġefāh (“enemy”), from fāh (“hostile”), from Proto-West Germanic *faih, from Proto-Germanic *faihaz (compare Old Frisian fāch (“punishable”), Middle High German gevēch (“feuder”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyk/ḱ- (“to hate, be hostile”) (compare Middle Irish óech (“enemy, fiend”), Lithuanian pi̇̀ktas (“evil”)).

Antonyms

friend, ally

Scrabble Score: 6

foe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
foe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
foe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

foe: valid Words With Friends Word