DAFT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DAFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DAFT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DAFT is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DAFT
No single letter turns DAFT into another word.
How DAFT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DAFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does DAFT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Silly or foolish.
Daft meant gentle and meek in Old English, and the slide to foolishness took several centuries. The same shift happened to another English word about simplicity and kindness.
How DAFT is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative dafter.
- A daft idea that turned out to work.
- The word daft once meant gentle.
- Dafter than anything else proposed that day.
- Soft in the head and daft mean much the same.
- The shift in daft took several centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DAFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DAFT
9 longer words begin with DAFT.
Words with DAFT inside
2 words contain DAFT in the middle. Words that start with DAFT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DAFT
Common questions about DAFT
- Is DAFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DAFT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DAFT worth?
- DAFT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DAFT mean?
- Silly or foolish.
- What letters can be added to DAFT?
- No single letter can be added to DAFT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DAFT:
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