PFFT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PFFT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PFFT?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful PFFT is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PFFT
No single letter turns PFFT into another word.
How PFFT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PFFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 326,769.
What stands out about PFFT
- PFFT has no vowel at all, not even a Y — one of 10 such words at 4 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PFFT mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
A sound of something failing or fizzling out.
Pfft opens with a letter pair that begins no ordinary English word, which is exactly why it looks foreign on the page. It names the sound of air escaping and, by extension, of something coming to nothing.
How PFFT is used
Stands alone. Chiefly written.
- The whole plan went pfft in about a fortnight.
- No ordinary English word begins the way pfft does.
- A pfft in writing means something simply stopped.
- The word pfft names escaping air.
- She wrote pfft and moved on to the next item.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PFFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Common questions about PFFT
- Is PFFT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PFFT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PFFT worth?
- PFFT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PFFT mean?
- A sound of something failing or fizzling out.
- What letters can be added to PFFT?
- No single letter can be added to PFFT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PFFT:
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