AFIELD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AFIELD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFIELD?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFIELD is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFIELD
No single letter turns AFIELD into another word.
How AFIELD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AFIELD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does AFIELD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Away from home or from the usual place; at a distance.
Afield began as a literal phrase meaning in or to the field, which is why older writing links it to hunting and battle. Today it nearly always appears in far afield or further afield, describing travel, searches or ideas that go beyond the familiar. A related sense is off the subject, as in straying afield from the point.
How AFIELD is used
Mostly in set phrases such as far afield and further afield.
- They had to look further afield to find a cheaper flat.
- Tourists come from far afield to see the festival.
- The conversation wandered afield from the original topic.
- Few buyers travelled so far afield in those days.
- We searched the village and then went afield to the next valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFIELD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AFIELD
The 6 tiles of AFIELD in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in AFIELD
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Common questions about AFIELD
- Is AFIELD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFIELD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFIELD worth?
- AFIELD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFIELD mean?
- Away from home or from the usual place; at a distance.
- What letters can be added to AFIELD?
- No single letter can be added to AFIELD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AFIELD:
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