CHAFF is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CHAFF 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 CHAFF?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHAFF is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHAFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CHAFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What does CHAFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
The husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing.
Chaff is the light, papery covering left over once wheat, barley or similar grain has been threshed. Because it is worthless compared with the grain itself, the word is also used figuratively for anything trivial, as in separating the wheat from the chaff.
How CHAFF is used
Common in farming contexts and in the fixed phrase wheat from the chaff.
- The wind blew the chaff away as the farmer winnowed the wheat.
- Chickens pecked through the chaff looking for stray grains.
- The barn floor was covered in a thin layer of chaff.
- Old sayings warn against confusing chaff with wheat.
- The thresher separated the chaff from the grain automatically.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHAFF
20 longer words begin with CHAFF.
Words ending in CHAFF
1 words end in CHAFF. Useful as a back hook: play CHAFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with CHAFF inside
1 words contain CHAFF in the middle. Words that start with CHAFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAFF
Common questions about CHAFF
- Is CHAFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAFF, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAFF worth?
- CHAFF is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAFF mean?
- The husks of grain separated from the seed by threshing.
- What letters can be added to CHAFF?
- CHAFF takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CHAFF:
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