EFT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. EFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EFT?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EFT is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EFT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EFT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in EFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What stands out about EFT
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EFT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young newt, especially in its land-living stage.
An eft is a newt between one pond and the next: it hatches in water, leaves for two or three years on land, and returns to breed. The word is older than newt, which came from it — the n of an moved across and stayed there.
How EFT is used
Countable: an eft, two efts.
- The eft spends its first years out of water entirely.
- An eft under a stone in June is a common enough sight.
- The word newt was made by mishearing an eft.
- Two efts and a frog under the same log.
- An eft returns to the pond only to breed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of EFT
The 3 tiles of EFT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with EFT
4 longer words begin with EFT.
Words ending in EFT
17 words end in EFT. Useful as a back hook: play EFT onto a word already on the board.
Words with EFT inside
Showing 24 of 83 words that contain EFT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with EFT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in EFT
Common questions about EFT
- Is EFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EFT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EFT worth?
- EFT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EFT mean?
- A young newt, especially in its land-living stage.
- What letters can be added to EFT?
- EFT takes 6 hooks: 5 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of EFT:
Open EFT in the Word Finder