IFS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. IFS 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 IFS?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IFS is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IFS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How IFS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in IFS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does IFS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Doubts and conditions, treated as countable things and called ifs, in the plural.
Ifs is nearly always paired with something: no ifs and no buts, ifs and ands. Turning a conjunction into a countable noun is a small joke English allows, and the plural is where it shows — almost nobody writes the singular as a noun on its own.
How IFS is used
Plural. Chiefly in no ifs and no buts.
- No ifs and no buts, it goes back tomorrow.
- The plan has too many ifs in it.
- Ifs and ands would fill a book and settle nothing.
- Two ifs in one sentence is one too many.
- The word ifs appears in the plural far more than the singular.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IFS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IFS
The 3 tiles of IFS in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in IFS
Showing 24 of 39 words that end in IFS. Useful as a back hook: play IFS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in IFS
Common questions about IFS
- Is IFS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IFS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IFS worth?
- IFS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IFS mean?
- Doubts and conditions, treated as countable things and called ifs, in the plural.
- What letters can be added to IFS?
- IFS takes 4 hooks: 4 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of IFS:
Open IFS in the Word Finder