BARFI is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BARFI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARFI?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARFI is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARFI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
barfisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARFI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BARFI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does BARFI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A South Asian sweet made from thickened, reduced milk and sugar, often flavored with nuts, cardamom, or fruit.
Barfi is a dense, fudge-like sweet popular across South Asia, made by slowly cooking milk down until it thickens before setting it with sugar into a firm, sliceable block. Cooks flavor barfi in countless ways, adding pistachios, coconut, cardamom, or mango, and often decorate the top with a thin layer of edible silver foil for festive occasions. Barfi appears at weddings, religious festivals, and other celebrations, where boxes of the sweet are commonly given as gifts. The name comes from Hindi and Urdu, and the sweet is also sometimes spelled burfi in English.
How BARFI is used
Neutral culinary noun, borrowed from Hindi and Urdu; commonly seen in South Asian cuisine and celebrations.
- Her aunt made a tray of pistachio barfi for the wedding.
- The sweet shop displayed rows of colorful barfi in the window.
- They handed out boxes of barfi to celebrate the festival.
- Coconut barfi is one of the simplest sweets to make at home.
- He brought homemade barfi to share with his coworkers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARFI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARFI
2 longer words begin with BARFI.
Shorter words from the letters in BARFI
Common questions about BARFI
- Is BARFI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARFI, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARFI worth?
- BARFI is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARFI mean?
- A South Asian sweet made from thickened, reduced milk and sugar, often flavored with nuts, cardamom, or fruit.
- What letters can be added to BARFI?
- BARFI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BARFI:
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