HOWFF is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. HOWFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOWFF?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOWFF is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOWFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
howffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HOWFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HOWFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,353 thousand.
What does HOWFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A favourite place that someone visits often, especially a pub or other informal gathering spot.
A howff is somewhere a person feels at home and returns to again and again, most often a local pub where regulars gather in the evenings, though the word can describe any familiar shelter or meeting spot. It is chiefly Scots and appears often in descriptions of pub culture and village life.
How HOWFF is used
Scots and northern English dialect; found mainly in informal or regional speech and writing.
- The old inn was his favourite howff after work.
- Locals gathered at the same howff every Friday night.
- She found a quiet howff away from the tourists.
- The corner table was the usual howff for the regulars.
- They named the pub after the original village howff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOWFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOWFF
3 longer words begin with HOWFF.
Shorter words from the letters in HOWFF
Common questions about HOWFF
- Is HOWFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOWFF, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOWFF worth?
- HOWFF is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOWFF mean?
- A favourite place that someone visits often, especially a pub or other informal gathering spot.
- What letters can be added to HOWFF?
- HOWFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HOWFF:
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