KALIF is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. KALIF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KALIF?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KALIF is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KALIF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kalifsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KALIF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KALIF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 116,184.
What does KALIF mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A variant spelling of caliph, the title of the chief civil and religious ruler in some historical Islamic states.
Kalif is one of several older English transliterations of the Arabic khalifa, meaning successor, used for the rulers who followed Muhammad as leaders of the Muslim community. Writers today generally prefer the spelling caliph, so kalif now appears mostly in older translations and nineteenth-century travel or historical writing. The office of the kalif combined political authority over an empire with a claimed religious leadership over its Muslim subjects.
How KALIF is used
Historical and now uncommon; caliph is the standard modern spelling in current writing.
- The old translation referred to the ruler as the kalif rather than the caliph.
- Historians describe how the kalif governed vast territories from Baghdad.
- The traveller's account spelled the title kalif throughout the book.
- Succession disputes over who would become kalif shaped early Islamic history.
- The museum plaque used the older spelling kalif on its nineteenth-century label.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KALIF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KALIF
3 longer words begin with KALIF.
Words with KALIF inside
4 words contain KALIF in the middle. Words that start with KALIF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KALIF
Common questions about KALIF
- Is KALIF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KALIF, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KALIF worth?
- KALIF is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KALIF mean?
- A variant spelling of caliph, the title of the chief civil and religious ruler in some historical Islamic states.
- What letters can be added to KALIF?
- KALIF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KALIF:
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