TIFT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. TIFT 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept TIFT?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TIFT is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIFT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tiftsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIFT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TIFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does TIFT mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A minor quarrel or fit of bad temper, especially in dialectal British usage.
Tift describes a brief spell of irritation or a small disagreement between people, rather than a serious or lasting conflict. This sense of tift appears mainly in regional dialect speech and older texts rather than in standard modern English.
How TIFT is used
Rare outside dialectal or old-fashioned regional speech in Britain.
- The two sisters had a tift over whose turn it was to cook.
- He was in a tift all morning after losing his keys.
- Their small tift ended quickly with a laugh and an apology.
- She dismissed the tift as nothing more than tiredness.
- A brief tift broke out between the neighbors about the fence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TIFT
The 4 tiles of TIFT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TIFT
3 longer words begin with TIFT.
Shorter words from the letters in TIFT
Common questions about TIFT
- Is TIFT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and TIFT is not in it.
- How many points is TIFT worth?
- TIFT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIFT mean?
- A minor quarrel or fit of bad temper, especially in dialectal British usage.
- What letters can be added to TIFT?
- TIFT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TIFT:
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