OFF is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OFF?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OFF is to know. It scores 9 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OFF scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in OFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,213.
What does OFF mean in Scrabble?
preposition
Away from a place or a surface.
Off began as the stressed form of the same word that gave English of, and the two separated in spelling only in the seventeenth century. It now does more jobs than almost any other short word in the language: preposition, adverb, adjective, noun and verb all at once.
How OFF is used
Preposition and adverb. Also an adjective — the milk is off.
- Take it off the shelf and put it on the table.
- The milk is off and so is the cheese.
- He walked off without a word.
- The match is off because of the weather.
- Off and of were one word until quite recently.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OFF
Showing 24 of 151 words that begin with OFF.
Words ending in OFF
Showing 24 of 61 words that end in OFF. Useful as a back hook: play OFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with OFF inside
Showing 24 of 232 words that contain OFF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OFF
Common questions about OFF
- Is OFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OFF, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OFF worth?
- OFF is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OFF mean?
- Away from a place or a surface.
- What letters can be added to OFF?
- OFF takes 9 hooks: 6 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of OFF:
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