Is OFTEN valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts OFTEN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is OFTEN worth?

OFTEN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to OFTEN?

OFTEN takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

OFTEN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points

Yes. OFTEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.

o1f4t1e1n1

PlayableOFTEN · 5 letters · 8 pts Scrabble · 9 pts WWF

8points in Scrabble

9points in Words with Friends

5letters

1hook available

1 in 10,892odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept OFTEN?

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: 34 / 100

34WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.6

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.8%

Our own measure of how useful OFTEN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for OFTEN

Front hooks — 1

soften9

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How OFTEN scores

Scrabble o1f4t1e1n1 8

Words with Friends o1f4t1e1n2 9

Face value of the 5 tiles in OFTEN, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
o	1	8
f	1	2
t	1	6
e	1	12
n	1	6

Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,892.

What does OFTEN mean in Scrabble?

adverb

Frequently; on many occasions or at short intervals.

Often sits at the everyday centre of English, marking how frequently something happens without giving an exact number of times, unlike words such as daily or weekly. Speakers place it flexibly within a sentence, before the main verb, after a form of to be, or at the start or end of a clause, and its pronunciation famously varies between speakers who sound the t and those who do not. The word traces back to Old English oft, with the -en ending added later on the model of words such as seldom.

How OFTEN is used

One of the most common adverbs in English, used constantly in both speech and writing to describe frequency.

She often visits her grandmother on weekends.
They often disagree about the smallest details.
How often does the bus arrive at this stop?
He is often the first to arrive at the office.
We don't often get such beautiful weather in winter.

Written for this site: 1 meaning of OFTEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with OFTEN

oftener10 oftenest11 oftenness12 oftentimes15 oftennesses14

5 longer words begin with OFTEN.

Words ending in OFTEN

soften9 unoften10 resoften11

3 words end in OFTEN. Useful as a back hook: play OFTEN onto a word already on the board.

Words with OFTEN inside

softens10 softened12 softener11 resoftens12 softeners12 softening13 resoftened14 softenings14 unsoftened14 resoftening15 unsoftening15

11 words contain OFTEN in the middle. Words that start with OFTEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Shorter words from the letters in OFTEN

fent7 foen7 fone7 font7 note4 tone4 eft6 fen6 fet6 foe6 fon6 nef6 oft6 tef6 eon3 net3 not3 one3 ten3 toe3 ton3 ef5 fe5 of5 en2 et2 ne2 no2 oe2 on2 te2 to2

Common questions about OFTEN

Is OFTEN valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts OFTEN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is OFTEN worth?: OFTEN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
What does OFTEN mean?: Frequently; on many occasions or at short intervals.
What letters can be added to OFTEN?: OFTEN takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 5 letters of OFTEN:

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