TELFER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TELFER 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 TELFER?
| 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 TELFER is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TELFER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
telfersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TELFER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TELFER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,713.
What stands out about TELFER
- The same 6 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TELFER mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalhistorical
A car or carrier running along an overhead cable or rail in a system of suspended transport.
A telfer belongs to the family of aerial ropeways, in which goods hang from a line above the ground and move without touching it. The word is a spelling variant of an older engineering term from the Victorian age, when such systems were an exciting novelty for carrying loads across rough ground. It is rarely met today outside technical history and word lists, and as a verb it means to move things by such a system.
How TELFER is used
Rare; found in historical engineering texts and word games.
- A single telfer carried the ore down from the quarry.
- The engineer drew the telfer as a small car hanging from a wire.
- Each telfer in the line moved on the same overhead cable.
- The old photograph shows a telfer crossing the valley.
- They loaded the telfer by hand and sent it down the line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TELFER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TELFER
The 6 tiles of TELFER in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with TELFER
6 longer words begin with TELFER.
Shorter words from the letters in TELFER
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Common questions about TELFER
- Is TELFER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TELFER, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TELFER worth?
- TELFER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TELFER mean?
- A car or carrier running along an overhead cable or rail in a system of suspended transport.
- What letters can be added to TELFER?
- TELFER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TELFER:
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