POOF is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. POOF 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 POOF?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POOF is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POOF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POOF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POOF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,011.
What does POOF mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensiveBritish
An offensive term for a gay man, chiefly British.
Poof has been an insult in Britain since the nineteenth century, and the sound does much of the work: it belongs to a small group of words that mock by suggesting softness. Some speakers have reclaimed it within the community, but that use is narrow and does not carry outside it. The identical exclamation for something vanishing is a separate word entirely.
How POOF is used
Offensive in general use. The exclamation for a sudden disappearance is unrelated and not affected.
- Broadcasters have treated poof as unairable for decades.
- The word poof was cut from the script before the read-through.
- A tribunal found that poof used at work amounted to harassment.
- Style guides list poof among terms to quote only when the quotation is the point.
- Campaigners argued for years about whether poof could be reclaimed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POOF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POOF
6 longer words begin with POOF.
Words ending in POOF
1 words end in POOF. Useful as a back hook: play POOF onto a word already on the board.
Words with POOF inside
11 words contain POOF in the middle. Words that start with POOF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POOF
Common questions about POOF
- Is POOF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POOF, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POOF worth?
- POOF is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POOF mean?
- An offensive term for a gay man, chiefly British.
- What letters can be added to POOF?
- POOF takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POOF:
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