AFTERLIFE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. AFTERLIFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AFTERLIFE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AFTERLIFE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AFTERLIFE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
afterlifesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AFTERLIFE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in AFTERLIFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AFTERLIFE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AFTERLIFE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A life or existence believed to follow death.
Many religions teach some form of afterlife, whether a heaven, a rebirth or a realm of the dead. The word also appears in more casual talk about what might wait beyond the grave, and sometimes about the later part of a person's life.
How AFTERLIFE is used
Used in religion, philosophy, fiction and everyday speculation about death.
- The ancient Egyptians prepared carefully for the afterlife.
- She wondered whether there was an afterlife at all.
- The novel imagines an afterlife that looks like a busy railway station.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AFTERLIFE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AFTERLIFE
1 longer words begin with AFTERLIFE.
Shorter words from the letters in AFTERLIFE
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Common questions about AFTERLIFE
- Is AFTERLIFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AFTERLIFE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AFTERLIFE worth?
- AFTERLIFE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AFTERLIFE mean?
- A life or existence believed to follow death.
- What letters can be added to AFTERLIFE?
- AFTERLIFE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of AFTERLIFE:
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