RAFTSMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. RAFTSMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAFTSMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAFTSMAN is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAFTSMAN
Back hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RAFTSMAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RAFTSMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAFTSMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAFTSMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A man who works on a raft, especially one who steers timber rafts down a river.
Every raftsman once floated great bundles of logs to the sawmills along rivers. The word suggests hard, skilled river labour rather than leisure rafting.
How RAFTSMAN is used
Used in historical writing about logging and river transport.
- The raftsman leaned on his long pole and guided the logs past the rocks.
- A raftsman could earn good money during the spring flood.
- The old song tells of a raftsman who never returned.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAFTSMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RAFTSMAN
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Common questions about RAFTSMAN
- Is RAFTSMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAFTSMAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAFTSMAN worth?
- RAFTSMAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAFTSMAN mean?
- A man who works on a raft, especially one who steers timber rafts down a river.
- What letters can be added to RAFTSMAN?
- RAFTSMAN takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RAFTSMAN:
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