TRIFFID is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TRIFFID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRIFFID?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRIFFID is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRIFFID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRIFFID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in TRIFFID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,088 thousand.
What does TRIFFID mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tall, walking, stinging plant from a science fiction novel, or any similar menacing plant.
Triffid comes from John Wyndham's novel The Day of the Triffids, in which such plants threaten humanity. Gardeners joke about a triffid when a weed or climber grows out of control. The word keeps its sinister humour even outside the book.
How TRIFFID is used
Triffid is used jokingly for a huge, aggressive plant and in talk about the novel.
- The giant weed looked like a triffid in the garden.
- Each triffid in the film swayed and stalked its victims.
- He called the overgrown yucca a triffid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRIFFID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRIFFID
5 longer words begin with TRIFFID.
Shorter words from the letters in TRIFFID
Common questions about TRIFFID
- Is TRIFFID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRIFFID, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRIFFID worth?
- TRIFFID is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRIFFID mean?
- A tall, walking, stinging plant from a science fiction novel, or any similar menacing plant.
- What letters can be added to TRIFFID?
- TRIFFID takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of TRIFFID:
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