TELEFAX is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. TELEFAX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TELEFAX?
| 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: 58 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TELEFAX is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELEFAX
No single letter turns TELEFAX into another word.
How TELEFAX scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TELEFAX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561,432.
What does TELEFAX mean in Scrabble?
noun
A document sent by fax, or the system and machine used for sending it.
Telefax is the longer, slightly formal name for what most people simply call a fax. It turns up in business letters, where a telefax number sits beside the telephone number.
How TELEFAX is used
Telefax can name the message, the machine or the transmission, and it also works as a verb.
- The order arrived by telefax this morning.
- Please quote the telefax number on the letterhead.
- They still keep an old telefax in the back office.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELEFAX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TELEFAX
3 longer words begin with TELEFAX.
Shorter words from the letters in TELEFAX
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Common questions about TELEFAX
- Is TELEFAX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELEFAX, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELEFAX worth?
- TELEFAX is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELEFAX mean?
- A document sent by fax, or the system and machine used for sending it.
- What letters can be added to TELEFAX?
- No single letter can be added to TELEFAX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TELEFAX:
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