ALFALFA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ALFALFA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALFALFA?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALFALFA is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALFALFA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
alfalfasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALFALFA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ALFALFA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 31,761 thousand.
What stands out about ALFALFA
- ALFALFA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALFALFA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A plant of the legume family with bluish flowers, grown as feed for livestock.
Farmers grow alfalfa for hay because cattle and horses thrive on it. Its sprouts are also eaten in salads.
How ALFALFA is used
Alfalfa is used in farming and food writing, mostly in American English.
- The farmer cut the alfalfa before the rain.
- Cattle graze happily on fresh alfalfa.
- She added alfalfa sprouts to the sandwich.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALFALFA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALFALFA
1 longer words begin with ALFALFA.
Shorter words from the letters in ALFALFA
Common questions about ALFALFA
- Is ALFALFA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALFALFA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALFALFA worth?
- ALFALFA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALFALFA mean?
- A plant of the legume family with bluish flowers, grown as feed for livestock.
- What letters can be added to ALFALFA?
- ALFALFA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ALFALFA:
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