HAFTARAH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HAFTARAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAFTARAH?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAFTARAH is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAFTARAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
haftarahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAFTARAH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HAFTARAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAFTARAH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HAFTARAH
- HAFTARAH begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HAFTARAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A passage from the Prophets read aloud in the synagogue after the weekly reading from the Torah.
Each haftarah is chosen to match a theme of the Torah portion read that day. A young person at a bar or bat mitzvah often chants the haftarah as part of the service.
How HAFTARAH is used
Haftarah is used in Jewish religious contexts, and the spelling varies in English.
- The boy practised chanting his haftarah for weeks.
- This week's haftarah comes from the book of Isaiah.
- The rabbi explained how the haftarah relates to the Torah reading.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAFTARAH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAFTARAH
1 longer words begin with HAFTARAH.
Shorter words from the letters in HAFTARAH
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Common questions about HAFTARAH
- Is HAFTARAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAFTARAH, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAFTARAH worth?
- HAFTARAH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAFTARAH mean?
- A passage from the Prophets read aloud in the synagogue after the weekly reading from the Torah.
- What letters can be added to HAFTARAH?
- HAFTARAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HAFTARAH:
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