SCAFF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. SCAFF is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SCAFF?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCAFF is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCAFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCAFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCAFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does SCAFF mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scots
To ask for something, especially food, in a stingy or wheedling way.
Scaff carries a note of meanness, as if the person asking already suspects the answer should be no. It survives mainly as a Scots dialect verb, though a related noun scaff can mean the food gained that way, or scraps in general. It pairs naturally with a following for, as in scaff for a bite.
How SCAFF is used
Scots dialect verb, used chiefly in Scotland and northern England for begging food in a grudging manner.
- He would scaff a chip from anyone who walked past with a bag.
- She refused to scaff off her neighbours no matter how bare the cupboard.
- The dog learned to scaff scraps at the back door every evening.
- Nobody likes a man who will scaff a pint rather than buy his own.
- They used to scaff bread from the baker at closing time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCAFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCAFF
The 5 tiles of SCAFF in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SCAFF
19 longer words begin with SCAFF.
Shorter words from the letters in SCAFF
Common questions about SCAFF
- Is SCAFF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SCAFF is not in it.
- How many points is SCAFF worth?
- SCAFF is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCAFF mean?
- To ask for something, especially food, in a stingy or wheedling way.
- What letters can be added to SCAFF?
- SCAFF takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCAFF:
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