AWFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AWFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AWFUL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AWFUL is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AWFUL
Front hooks — 1
lawfulBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AWFUL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AWFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does AWFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extremely bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
Awful is one of the most common English words for describing something disagreeable, whether it is a meal, a mood, an accident, or a piece of news. The word originally meant inspiring awe or reverence, close in meaning to awesome, and only later shifted toward its now-dominant sense of being simply terrible. That older, more reverential meaning survives mainly in formal or religious writing, while everyday speech almost always uses awful to mean bad. Speakers also use awful loosely as an intensifier, as in an awful lot, where it adds emphasis rather than describing something negative.
How AWFUL is used
Common adjective in everyday speech; also used informally as an intensifier before a noun, as in an awful mess.
- The weather turned awful just as the picnic began.
- He felt awful after eating the spoiled fish.
- That was an awful thing to say to your sister.
- The traffic was awful on the way home.
- They spent an awful lot of money on the renovation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AWFUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AWFUL
5 longer words begin with AWFUL.
Words ending in AWFUL
3 words end in AWFUL. Useful as a back hook: play AWFUL onto a word already on the board.
Words with AWFUL inside
6 words contain AWFUL in the middle. Words that start with AWFUL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AWFUL
Common questions about AWFUL
- Is AWFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AWFUL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AWFUL worth?
- AWFUL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AWFUL mean?
- Extremely bad, unpleasant, or shocking.
- What letters can be added to AWFUL?
- AWFUL takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AWFUL:
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