AFRESH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. AFRESH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFRESH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFRESH is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFRESH
No single letter turns AFRESH into another word.
How AFRESH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AFRESH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does AFRESH mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Once more from the beginning, in a new way, as though nothing had been done before.
Afresh suggests a deliberate restart, not a simple repeat: someone sets aside an earlier attempt and approaches the task with a clean slate. It usually follows a verb such as begin, start or look. The word is a little formal, and speakers who want a casual tone often say from scratch instead.
How AFRESH is used
Slightly formal; typically follows start, begin, look or think.
- After the fire they had to start afresh.
- The editor asked her to write the chapter afresh.
- He looked at the problem afresh the next morning.
- We threw out the draft and began afresh.
- A holiday lets you see familiar things afresh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFRESH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in AFRESH
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Common questions about AFRESH
- Is AFRESH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFRESH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFRESH worth?
- AFRESH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFRESH mean?
- Once more from the beginning, in a new way, as though nothing had been done before.
- What letters can be added to AFRESH?
- No single letter can be added to AFRESH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AFRESH:
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