DRIFTY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DRIFTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DRIFTY?
| 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 DRIFTY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRIFTY
No single letter turns DRIFTY into another word.
How DRIFTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DRIFTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What stands out about DRIFTY
- DRIFTY 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 DRIFTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Tending to pile up in drifts, as snow does, or inclined to wander without a clear aim.
Drifty grows out of the noun drift, and it has two separate uses. A drifty field or road is one where the wind heaps loose snow or sand into banks. Said of a person or a mood, it points to vagueness, a lack of direction or a mind that wanders from subject to subject.
How DRIFTY is used
Fairly uncommon; found in weather talk and in loose, descriptive writing.
- The drifty lane was closed after the storm.
- He answered in a drifty way, never reaching the point.
- Wind made the open ground drifty by morning.
- The drifty afternoon passed with no plans at all.
- Her drifty attention left the lecture long before it ended.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRIFTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DRIFTY
Common questions about DRIFTY
- Is DRIFTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRIFTY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRIFTY worth?
- DRIFTY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRIFTY mean?
- Tending to pile up in drifts, as snow does, or inclined to wander without a clear aim.
- What letters can be added to DRIFTY?
- No single letter can be added to DRIFTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DRIFTY:
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