CHAFFY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. CHAFFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHAFFY?
| 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 CHAFFY is to know. It scores 20 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHAFFY
No single letter turns CHAFFY into another word.
How CHAFFY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CHAFFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,556 thousand.
What stands out about CHAFFY
- CHAFFY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CHAFFY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Full of chaff, or light and worthless like chaff.
Chaffy can be literal, for grain still mixed with husks, or figurative, for writing and ideas that have little substance. The picture behind it is the husk blown away at harvest.
How CHAFFY is used
Chaffy is used of grain with husks and, figuratively, of empty material.
- The sample was chaffy and needed more winnowing.
- He dismissed the report as chaffy filler.
- A chaffy straw covered the barn floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHAFFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CHAFFY
Common questions about CHAFFY
- Is CHAFFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHAFFY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHAFFY worth?
- CHAFFY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHAFFY mean?
- Full of chaff, or light and worthless like chaff.
- What letters can be added to CHAFFY?
- No single letter can be added to CHAFFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CHAFFY:
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