OAF is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. OAF 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 OAF?
| 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 OAF is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OAF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OAF scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OAF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does OAF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A clumsy or stupid person.
Oaf comes from a word for an elf, by way of the belief that a clumsy child had been swapped for a fairy one at birth. The insult is far softer than its origin: calling somebody an oaf now is almost affectionate compared with what it once implied.
How OAF is used
Countable: an oaf, two oafs.
- The oaf put his foot through the bottom step.
- She called him an oaf and made him tea anyway.
- The word oaf comes from a belief about swapped children.
- Two oafs and a piano on a narrow staircase.
- An oaf is clumsy rather than malicious.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OAF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OAF
5 longer words begin with OAF.
Words ending in OAF
6 words end in OAF. Useful as a back hook: play OAF onto a word already on the board.
Words with OAF inside
9 words contain OAF in the middle. Words that start with OAF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OAF
Common questions about OAF
- Is OAF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OAF, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OAF worth?
- OAF is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OAF mean?
- A clumsy or stupid person.
- What letters can be added to OAF?
- OAF takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OAF:
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