PHUT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PHUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PHUT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PHUT is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PHUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
phutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PHUT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PHUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does PHUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A dull sound made by something failing.
Phut imitates a flat sound and is used almost only inside one phrase about a machine or a plan stopping. It reached English from Hindi in the nineteenth century.
How PHUT is used
Countable. Chiefly in go phut. Informal.
- The engine went phut two miles from home.
- The word phut came into English from Hindi.
- A phut and then nothing at all.
- The whole plan went phut in a fortnight.
- Phut survives inside one phrase and nowhere else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PHUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PHUT
3 longer words begin with PHUT.
Shorter words from the letters in PHUT
Common questions about PHUT
- Is PHUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PHUT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PHUT worth?
- PHUT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PHUT mean?
- A dull sound made by something failing.
- What letters can be added to PHUT?
- PHUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PHUT:
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