GRAFF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. GRAFF is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GRAFF?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRAFF is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRAFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
graffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRAFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GRAFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 464,738.
What does GRAFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichistorical
An old English word for a steward or overseer who managed an estate or its accounts.
Graff named a person who ran someone else's household or land on their behalf, collecting rents and keeping the accounts in order. The word sat close to reeve and bailiff in meaning, though it never became as common as either. It survived only in a handful of old records and literary uses before dropping out of English entirely. A quite separate graff, an old spelling for joining a plant shoot onto another stock, shared the letters but not the job.
How GRAFF is used
Archaic and rare; found only in old administrative and literary writing, not in modern English.
- The graff kept the accounts for an estate he did not own himself.
- Old records list a graff among the household staff.
- No modern title corresponds neatly to a graff of that period.
- A graff answered to the lord for every debt on the land.
- Historians still argue over how much power a graff actually held.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRAFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRAFF
11 longer words begin with GRAFF.
Words ending in GRAFF
2 words end in GRAFF. Useful as a back hook: play GRAFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with GRAFF inside
7 words contain GRAFF in the middle. Words that start with GRAFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GRAFF
Common questions about GRAFF
- Is GRAFF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GRAFF is not in it.
- How many points is GRAFF worth?
- GRAFF is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRAFF mean?
- An old English word for a steward or overseer who managed an estate or its accounts.
- What letters can be added to GRAFF?
- GRAFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GRAFF:
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