Fouling
7 lettersverbmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Present participle of foul, meaning committing a violation of the rules in sport, or dirtying and contaminating something.
“The striker kept fouling the opposition players and was eventually sent off by the referee.”
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Wordle
Contains the F-O-U cluster and ends in -ING, packing four vowels into one seven-letter word
Scrabble
Worth 11 points, the F tile adds value and the -ING suffix fits well into many board positions
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