ADRIFT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ADRIFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADRIFT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADRIFT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADRIFT
No single letter turns ADRIFT into another word.
How ADRIFT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ADRIFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What does ADRIFT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Floating loose on the water with no mooring or steering, or lacking any clear direction.
Adrift began as a sailor's word for a boat carried by wind and current, and it kept that picture when it moved onto land. A person can feel adrift after losing a job or a home, as if the anchor had gone. It also appears in sport, where a team trailing the leaders is said to be adrift of them.
How ADRIFT is used
Used after a verb such as come, set or cut; literal in nautical use, figurative elsewhere.
- The lifeboat was found adrift two miles off the coast.
- After the move she felt adrift in the new city.
- The cable snapped and the raft drifted away adrift.
- Our team is five points adrift at the bottom of the table.
- He cut the line and let the dinghy go adrift.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADRIFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ADRIFT
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Common questions about ADRIFT
- Is ADRIFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADRIFT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADRIFT worth?
- ADRIFT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADRIFT mean?
- Floating loose on the water with no mooring or steering, or lacking any clear direction.
- What letters can be added to ADRIFT?
- No single letter can be added to ADRIFT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ADRIFT:
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