AFT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. AFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFT?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFT is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AFT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does AFT mean in Scrabble?
adverb
nautical
At or towards the back of a ship or an aircraft.
Aft belongs to a set of words that exist because a vessel needs directions which do not depend on where anybody happens to be facing: fore and aft, port and starboard. Landsmen use left and right and are wrong half the time.
How AFT is used
Adverb and adjective. Chiefly nautical.
- The galley is aft and the cabins are forward.
- Move aft and keep your head down.
- An aft cabin is quieter and rolls more.
- Fore and aft do not change when you turn round.
- The word aft is one of a set built for that reason.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AFT
The 3 tiles of AFT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with AFT
Showing 24 of 101 words that begin with AFT.
Words ending in AFT
Showing 24 of 91 words that end in AFT. Useful as a back hook: play AFT onto a word already on the board.
Words with AFT inside
Showing 24 of 268 words that contain AFT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AFT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AFT
Common questions about AFT
- Is AFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFT worth?
- AFT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFT mean?
- At or towards the back of a ship or an aircraft.
- What letters can be added to AFT?
- AFT takes 6 hooks: 6 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AFT:
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