THOFT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. THOFT 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept THOFT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THOFT is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THOFT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thoftsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THOFT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THOFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 156,849.
What stands out about THOFT
- THOFT begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does THOFT mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalarchaic
A crosswise plank or bench in a small boat on which a rower sits.
A thoft runs from one side of the hull to the other, giving the rower a seat while also bracing the sides of the boat against the strain of rowing. Older nautical writing uses thoft where modern English usually says thwart, and the two words describe the same fitting in a rowing boat. A small boat may carry two or three thofts spaced along its length, one for each rower.
How THOFT is used
Older nautical vocabulary, found in historical and technical writing about rowing boats rather than in everyday speech.
- He braced his feet and gripped the oars from the middle thoft.
- The old dinghy had lost one of its three thofts to rot.
- She stowed the bailer under the forward thoft.
- A crack ran the length of the rear thoft.
- The boatbuilder fitted a new thoft where the old one had split.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THOFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THOFT
1 longer words begin with THOFT.
Shorter words from the letters in THOFT
Common questions about THOFT
- Is THOFT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and THOFT is not in it.
- How many points is THOFT worth?
- THOFT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THOFT mean?
- A crosswise plank or bench in a small boat on which a rower sits.
- What letters can be added to THOFT?
- THOFT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THOFT:
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