QUAFF is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. QUAFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept QUAFF?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful QUAFF is to know. It scores 20 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for QUAFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
quaffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How QUAFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in QUAFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,091 thousand.
What stands out about QUAFF
- QUAFF scores 20 points, more than twice the average for a 5-letter word (9.2).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does QUAFF mean in Scrabble?
verb
literaryhumorous
To drink something, especially beer, wine, or another alcoholic drink, in a hearty and enthusiastic way.
To quaff a drink is to drink it heartily and without restraint, often in large gulps and with evident enjoyment. The word is normally reserved for describing drinking rather than plain everyday sipping of water.
How QUAFF is used
Now mostly literary or playful in tone; more common in fiction, humorous writing, and advertising than in plain speech.
- The knights would quaff ale by the barrel after a long day of fighting.
- He liked to quaff a cold beer after mowing the lawn.
- The poem describes travelers who quaff wine beneath the summer stars.
- She joked that tourists mostly come to quaff cheap local beer.
- They gathered at the tavern to quaff and sing long into the night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of QUAFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with QUAFF
6 longer words begin with QUAFF.
Shorter words from the letters in QUAFF
Common questions about QUAFF
- Is QUAFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts QUAFF, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is QUAFF worth?
- QUAFF is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does QUAFF mean?
- To drink something, especially beer, wine, or another alcoholic drink, in a hearty and enthusiastic way.
- What letters can be added to QUAFF?
- QUAFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of QUAFF:
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