EFF is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. EFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EFF?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EFF is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EFF scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,475.
What does EFF mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To swear — the letter F standing in for a stronger word.
Eff is what English does when it wants the word without printing it: effing and blinding, eff off. It is the name of a letter pressed into service as a verb, and it passes in a newspaper precisely because it names the thing rather than saying it.
How EFF is used
Chiefly in effing and eff off. Much milder than what it stands for.
- He was effing and blinding at the traffic.
- The report says he told the officer to eff off.
- A newspaper prints eff where it will not print the word.
- She effed at the printer and it made no difference.
- The word eff is a letter doing a job of its own.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EFF
Showing 24 of 176 words that begin with EFF.
Words ending in EFF
3 words end in EFF. Useful as a back hook: play EFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with EFF inside
Showing 24 of 89 words that contain EFF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EFF
Common questions about EFF
- Is EFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EFF, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EFF worth?
- EFF is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EFF mean?
- To swear — the letter F standing in for a stronger word.
- What letters can be added to EFF?
- EFF takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EFF:
Open EFF in the Word Finder