BAFFY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. BAFFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BAFFY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BAFFY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BAFFY
No single letter turns BAFFY into another word.
How BAFFY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BAFFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What does BAFFY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An old wooden golf club with a deep, sloping face, used to loft the ball high into the air.
Before clubs were numbered as irons and woods, golfers reached for a baffy whenever they needed extra height on a shot, since its steeply angled wooden head sent the ball climbing quickly. It largely disappeared from play once modern, standardized clubs took over.
How BAFFY is used
Historical golfing term, now mainly found in older accounts of the game.
- The old golfer still kept a baffy in his antique golf bag.
- A baffy was once used to loft the ball out of a tricky lie.
- Museum visitors admired the carved wooden head of the baffy.
- Before modern irons, players reached for a baffy near the green.
- He swung the baffy just as his grandfather had once taught him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BAFFY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BAFFY
Common questions about BAFFY
- Is BAFFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BAFFY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BAFFY worth?
- BAFFY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BAFFY mean?
- An old wooden golf club with a deep, sloping face, used to loft the ball high into the air.
- What letters can be added to BAFFY?
- No single letter can be added to BAFFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BAFFY:
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