TUFTY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TUFTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUFTY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUFTY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUFTY
No single letter turns TUFTY into another word.
How TUFTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TUFTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 313,698.
What does TUFTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Growing or arranged in small clumps or tufts; covered with scattered tufts.
Tufty describes hair, grass, or fur that grows in small uneven clumps rather than lying flat or smooth, and the word often carries a slightly comic or endearing tone, as when a child's tufty hair sticks up after sleep. Gardeners use tufty to describe certain grasses and mosses that grow in separated clumps instead of forming an even carpet, and the same word describes the patchy coat of some animals. Because the word is built directly from tuft plus the common adjective ending -y, its meaning is transparent even to someone hearing it for the first time. Tufty is informal rather than technical, and more precise botanical or zoological terms are used in scientific writing.
How TUFTY is used
Informal and descriptive, used in everyday speech for hair, fur or plants that grow in small uneven clumps.
- The puppy had a tufty patch of fur on its head.
- Her tufty hair refused to lie flat in the morning.
- Tufty grass grew between the cracks in the pavement.
- The old cushion was tufty and worn in places.
- A tufty moss covered the shaded side of the rock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUFTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TUFTY
Common questions about TUFTY
- Is TUFTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUFTY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUFTY worth?
- TUFTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUFTY mean?
- Growing or arranged in small clumps or tufts; covered with scattered tufts.
- What letters can be added to TUFTY?
- No single letter can be added to TUFTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TUFTY:
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