CAF is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 8 points
Yes for Scrabble. CAF is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept CAF?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAF is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAF scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in CAF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What does CAF mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A cafe, in casual British speech.
Caf is what people say when they mean the kind of place that serves a fried breakfast rather than a flat white, and the spelling without an e marks that difference deliberately. It is one of very few English clippings that changed the meaning as well as the length.
How CAF is used
Countable: a caf, two cafs. Informal and chiefly British.
- The caf on the corner opens at six and shuts at two.
- A caf and a cafe are not the same establishment.
- They had breakfast in the caf and argued about the bill.
- The word caf tells you the price before you go in.
- Two cafs on one street and neither of them busy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAF
Showing 24 of 34 words that begin with CAF.
Words ending in CAF
1 words end in CAF. Useful as a back hook: play CAF onto a word already on the board.
Words with CAF inside
Showing 24 of 40 words that contain CAF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CAF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CAF
Common questions about CAF
- Is CAF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CAF is not in it.
- How many points is CAF worth?
- CAF is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAF mean?
- A cafe, in casual British speech.
- What letters can be added to CAF?
- CAF takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of CAF:
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