SELFIE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SELFIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SELFIE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SELFIE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SELFIE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
selfiesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SELFIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SELFIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What does SELFIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A photograph that a person takes of themselves, usually with a phone held at arm's length, and often shares online.
The word appeared in Australian online forums around 2002 and spread worldwide with front-facing phone cameras. It was named a word of the year by a major dictionary publisher in 2013. The ending -ie is a familiar Australian habit, as in barbie and brekkie. A selfie stick is a pole that lets people hold the camera farther away.
How SELFIE is used
Informal; standard in everyday speech and social media talk.
- She took a selfie in front of the waterfall.
- Visitors queued for a selfie with the statue.
- He posted a selfie from the summit.
- The group selfie came out blurred.
- A quick selfie was enough to prove they had arrived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SELFIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SELFIE
1 longer words begin with SELFIE.
Shorter words from the letters in SELFIE
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Common questions about SELFIE
- Is SELFIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SELFIE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SELFIE worth?
- SELFIE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SELFIE mean?
- A photograph that a person takes of themselves, usually with a phone held at arm's length, and often shares online.
- What letters can be added to SELFIE?
- SELFIE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SELFIE:
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