HALFA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. HALFA 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HALFA?
| 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 HALFA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HALFA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
halfasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HALFA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HALFA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does HALFA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tough, wiry grass native to North Africa and southern Spain, used to make rope, paper and baskets.
Halfa grows in dense clumps across dry, rocky ground and has been harvested for centuries because its long fibers hold together well when twisted or woven. Trade names for the same plant differ between regions and industries, and large plantations of halfa once supplied European paper mills before wood pulp took over the industry.
How HALFA is used
Technical, used in botany and in older references to the fiber and paper trade.
- Halfa was baled and shipped to paper mills abroad.
- The hillside was covered in wild halfa grass.
- Weavers twisted halfa into strong, coarse rope.
- Halfa fiber gave the paper a distinctive texture.
- Herders let their goats graze among the halfa clumps.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HALFA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HALFA
1 longer words begin with HALFA.
Shorter words from the letters in HALFA
Common questions about HALFA
- Is HALFA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HALFA is not in it.
- How many points is HALFA worth?
- HALFA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HALFA mean?
- A tough, wiry grass native to North Africa and southern Spain, used to make rope, paper and baskets.
- What letters can be added to HALFA?
- HALFA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HALFA:
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