ALFAKI is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ALFAKI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALFAKI?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALFAKI is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALFAKI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alfakisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALFAKI scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALFAKI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does ALFAKI mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A teacher or learned expert in Muslim religious law.
The alfaki was a person trusted to explain the rules of the faith and the law to others, and the title was used in parts of the Islamic world where the Arabic word for a jurist passed into other languages. English writers on travel and religion borrowed it, and the spelling varied from book to book. Today alfaki appears mainly in older writing and in specialised word lists.
How ALFAKI is used
Rare; found in older travel writing and in lists of Scrabble words.
- The village looked to the alfaki for advice on questions of law.
- An alfaki sat with the students and read the text aloud.
- The traveller wrote that the alfaki was greatly respected in the town.
- She found the word alfaki in an old account of the region.
- Every court of that period had its alfaki.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALFAKI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALFAKI
The 6 tiles of ALFAKI in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ALFAKI
1 longer words begin with ALFAKI.
Shorter words from the letters in ALFAKI
Common questions about ALFAKI
- Is ALFAKI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALFAKI, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALFAKI worth?
- ALFAKI is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALFAKI mean?
- A teacher or learned expert in Muslim religious law.
- What letters can be added to ALFAKI?
- ALFAKI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALFAKI:
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