SAMFU is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SAMFU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAMFU?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAMFU is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAMFU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
samfusChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAMFU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SAMFU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does SAMFU mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A traditional Chinese-style outfit for women, consisting of a loose jacket and matching trousers.
A samfu pairs a simple buttoned jacket, the sam, with straight-cut trousers, the fu, and was everyday wear for many Chinese women in the early twentieth century, particularly in southern China and Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Plainer and more practical than the fitted cheongsam, the samfu was associated with working women and remains recognisable today in old photographs and historical dress collections.
How SAMFU is used
Historical and regional; encountered mainly in descriptions of traditional Chinese dress and Southeast Asian Chinese communities.
- Her grandmother wore a plain cotton samfu to work in the market.
- The museum displayed a faded blue samfu from the 1930s.
- Photographs from old Singapore show women in loose samfu suits.
- She sewed her own samfu from leftover fabric.
- The film costume department researched how a samfu was traditionally cut.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAMFU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAMFU
1 longer words begin with SAMFU.
Shorter words from the letters in SAMFU
Common questions about SAMFU
- Is SAMFU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAMFU, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAMFU worth?
- SAMFU is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAMFU mean?
- A traditional Chinese-style outfit for women, consisting of a loose jacket and matching trousers.
- What letters can be added to SAMFU?
- SAMFU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SAMFU:
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