OFFAL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. OFFAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OFFAL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OFFAL is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OFFAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
offalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OFFAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in OFFAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does OFFAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
The internal organs and other waste parts of a butchered animal, some of which are used as food.
Offal covers parts such as liver, kidneys, heart, and tripe that are removed when an animal is butchered, some of it prized in traditional cooking and some discarded as waste. Many cuisines around the world build classic dishes around offal, valuing organs that supermarket shoppers now often overlook. Outside the kitchen, the same word can describe worthless refuse of any kind, extending the sense of something rejected and cast aside.
How OFFAL is used
Standard English, common in cooking, butchery, and food writing, occasionally extended to mean worthless refuse.
- The butcher set aside the offal for the customer who wanted liver.
- Traditional stews often relied on cheap cuts of offal.
- The market stall sold offal alongside prime cuts of beef.
- She learned to cook offal from her grandmother's old recipes.
- Offal from the slaughterhouse was collected separately each morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OFFAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OFFAL
1 longer words begin with OFFAL.
Shorter words from the letters in OFFAL
Common questions about OFFAL
- Is OFFAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OFFAL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OFFAL worth?
- OFFAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OFFAL mean?
- The internal organs and other waste parts of a butchered animal, some of which are used as food.
- What letters can be added to OFFAL?
- OFFAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OFFAL:
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