OFFSET is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. OFFSET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OFFSET?
| 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 OFFSET is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OFFSET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
offsetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OFFSET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in OFFSET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does OFFSET mean in Scrabble?
verb
To balance or cancel out the effect of something by setting an opposite effect against it.
In accounts, a gain can offset a loss, so that the final figure looks calmer than either number alone. The same logic applies to carbon emissions, where planting trees is meant to offset flights, and to weights in engineering, where a heavy part is balanced by a counterweight on the other side. As a noun the word also names a shoot growing from the base of a plant, a bend in a pipe, and a common printing method in which ink passes from a plate to a roller and then to paper.
How OFFSET is used
Verb and noun in business, environmental, engineering and printing contexts.
- Higher sales abroad helped offset the weak market at home.
- The firm planted a forest to offset its yearly emissions.
- A small tax credit will offset part of the increase.
- The designer chose a brighter border to offset the dark cover.
- Lower fuel costs failed to offset the rise in wages.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OFFSET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OFFSET
The 6 tiles of OFFSET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OFFSET
4 longer words begin with OFFSET.
Shorter words from the letters in OFFSET
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Common questions about OFFSET
- Is OFFSET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OFFSET, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OFFSET worth?
- OFFSET is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OFFSET mean?
- To balance or cancel out the effect of something by setting an opposite effect against it.
- What letters can be added to OFFSET?
- OFFSET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of OFFSET:
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