bifocals
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 8
Definition of bifocals
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(plural, plural-only)Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
“He unfolded a pair of bifocals and thrust them as far up the bridge of his nose as possible.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From bi- + focal (see focus), coined in 1824 by John Isaac Hawkins, inventor of trifocals. When the concept of bifocals was originally conceived by Benjamin Franklin, he called them double spectacles.
Words you can make from bifocals
170 playable · top: BIFOCAL (14 pts)
Best play bifocal 14 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
32 words- CALFS 10 pts
- CALIF 10 pts
- COIFS 10 pts
- FLABS 10 pts
- FLICS 10 pts
- FLOCS 10 pts
- FOCAL 10 pts
- FOLIC 10 pts
- BASIC 9 pts
- BLOCS 9 pts
- CIBOL 9 pts
- COBIA 9 pts
- ALIFS 8 pts
- FAILS 8 pts
- FILOS 8 pts
- FOALS 8 pts
- FOILS 8 pts
- FOLIA 8 pts
- LOAFS 8 pts
- ABOIL 7 pts
- BAILS 7 pts
- BASIL 7 pts
- BOILS 7 pts
- BOLAS 7 pts
- CALOS 7 pts
- COALS 7 pts
- COILS 7 pts
- COLAS 7 pts
- LAICS 7 pts
- LOCIS 7 pts
- OBIAS 7 pts
- SALIC 7 pts
4-letter words
69 words- CAFS 9 pts
- CALF 9 pts
- COIF 9 pts
- FABS 9 pts
- FIBS 9 pts
- FICO 9 pts
- FISC 9 pts
- FLAB 9 pts
- FLIC 9 pts
- FLOC 9 pts
- FOBS 9 pts
- FOCI 9 pts
- BLOC 8 pts
- CABS 8 pts
- COBS 8 pts
- SCAB 8 pts
- ALIF 7 pts
- FAIL 7 pts
- FILA 7 pts
- FILO 7 pts
- FILS 7 pts
- FOAL 7 pts
- FOIL 7 pts
- LOAF 7 pts
- OAFS 7 pts
- SOFA 7 pts
- ALBS 6 pts
- ASCI 6 pts
- BAIL 6 pts
- BALS 6 pts
- BIAS 6 pts
- BIOS 6 pts
- BOAS 6 pts
- BOIL 6 pts
- BOLA 6 pts
- CALO 6 pts
- CALS 6 pts
- CIAO 6 pts
- COAL 6 pts
- COIL 6 pts
- COLA 6 pts
- COLS 6 pts
- ISBA 6 pts
- LABS 6 pts
- LACS 6 pts
- LAIC 6 pts
- LIBS 6 pts
- LOBS 6 pts
- LOCA 6 pts
- LOCI 6 pts
- LOCS 6 pts
- OBAS 6 pts
- OBIA 6 pts
- OBIS 6 pts
- OCAS 6 pts
- SLAB 6 pts
- SLOB 6 pts
- SOBA 6 pts
- SOCA 6 pts
- AILS 4 pts
- ALSO 4 pts
- LIAS 4 pts
- OILS 4 pts
- SAIL 4 pts
- SIAL 4 pts
- SILO 4 pts
- SOIL 4 pts
- SOLA 4 pts
- SOLI 4 pts
3-letter words
44 words- CAF 8 pts
- FAB 8 pts
- FIB 8 pts
- FOB 8 pts
- CAB 7 pts
- COB 7 pts
- FAS 6 pts
- FIL 6 pts
- IFS 6 pts
- OAF 6 pts
- ABS 5 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAS 5 pts
- BIO 5 pts
- BIS 5 pts
- BOA 5 pts
- BOS 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- COL 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LIB 5 pts
- LOB 5 pts
- LOC 5 pts
- OBA 5 pts
- OBI 5 pts
- OCA 5 pts
- SAB 5 pts
- SAC 5 pts
- SIB 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- SOB 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
2-letter words
18 wordsFind your best play with bifocals
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