ALOFT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALOFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALOFT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALOFT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALOFT
No single letter turns ALOFT into another word.
How ALOFT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ALOFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about ALOFT
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ALOFT mean in Scrabble?
adverb
Up in the air, high overhead, or, on a ship, up in the rigging or masts.
Aloft describes anything lifted well above the ground or the deck, from a kite carried aloft by the wind to a flag flying aloft on a pole. The word has a strong nautical history, where sending a sailor aloft meant ordering them up into the ship's rigging to work on the sails, high above the deck. That maritime sense still colors the word today, so aloft often carries a slight suggestion of height reached by climbing rather than simply floating. Outside sailing contexts it is used more loosely for anything held or sent up high.
How ALOFT is used
Somewhat literary or nautical in flavor; more common in descriptive writing than in casual speech.
- The kite climbed aloft on a steady afternoon breeze.
- Sailors were sent aloft to reef the sails before the storm hit.
- The flag hung aloft above the courthouse all week.
- Acrobats swung aloft under the circus tent lights.
- Smoke drifted aloft from the chimneys of the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALOFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALOFT
The 5 tiles of ALOFT in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ALOFT
Common questions about ALOFT
- Is ALOFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALOFT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALOFT worth?
- ALOFT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALOFT mean?
- Up in the air, high overhead, or, on a ship, up in the rigging or masts.
- What letters can be added to ALOFT?
- No single letter can be added to ALOFT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ALOFT:
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