AUF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. AUF is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept AUF?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUF is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUF scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in AUF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does AUF mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicdialect
An elf child believed to have been left in place of a human baby stolen by fairies, and by extension a foolish or clumsy person.
In old folk belief an auf was the ugly or ill-natured infant fairies supposedly swapped for a healthy human child. The word later came to be used loosely for anyone thought stupid or awkward, much like oaf.
How AUF is used
Archaic; found mainly in older folklore texts and dialect glossaries, not in everyday modern speech.
- The village nurse swore the sickly infant was an auf left by the fairies.
- Old stories warn parents to watch the cradle so no auf is put in its place.
- He called his clumsy apprentice a great auf behind his back.
- The word auf survives now only in dusty collections of country sayings.
- Folklorists still argue over how widely the belief in the auf once spread.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUF
3 longer words begin with AUF.
Words ending in AUF
4 words end in AUF. Useful as a back hook: play AUF onto a word already on the board.
Words with AUF inside
Showing 24 of 50 words that contain AUF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with AUF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AUF
Common questions about AUF
- Is AUF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and AUF is not in it.
- How many points is AUF worth?
- AUF is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUF mean?
- An elf child believed to have been left in place of a human baby stolen by fairies, and by extension a foolish or clumsy person.
- What letters can be added to AUF?
- AUF takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of AUF:
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