SCOFFLAW is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. SCOFFLAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCOFFLAW?
| 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 SCOFFLAW is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCOFFLAW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scofflawsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCOFFLAW scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCOFFLAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCOFFLAW has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCOFFLAW mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A person who openly and habitually ignores laws or court orders.
The word scofflaw was coined in 1924 in a contest to name drinkers who defied Prohibition. It now covers anyone who flouts minor rules, from unpaid parking fines to ignored summonses. Newspapers like it because it sounds both stern and slightly comic.
How SCOFFLAW is used
Scofflaw is common in North American news about fines, traffic and regulation.
- The city published a list of parking scofflaw drivers.
- He was a known scofflaw who never answered a summons.
- The mayor promised to crack down on every scofflaw landlord.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCOFFLAW and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCOFFLAW
1 longer words begin with SCOFFLAW.
Shorter words from the letters in SCOFFLAW
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Common questions about SCOFFLAW
- Is SCOFFLAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCOFFLAW, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCOFFLAW worth?
- SCOFFLAW is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCOFFLAW mean?
- A person who openly and habitually ignores laws or court orders.
- What letters can be added to SCOFFLAW?
- SCOFFLAW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCOFFLAW:
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