WAIF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WAIF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAIF?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAIF is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAIF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAIF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WAIF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does WAIF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A homeless and helpless person.
Waif was a legal term for goods abandoned by a thief and claimable by the crown, and the sense about a person came later. Waifs and strays kept both meanings alive for a while.
How WAIF is used
Countable: a waif, two waifs.
- A waif in law was abandoned property and not a child.
- The word waif was a legal term first.
- Waifs and strays kept both senses in one phrase.
- Two waifs taken in by the same parish.
- The person sense of waif came after the property one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAIF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAIF
7 longer words begin with WAIF.
Words ending in WAIF
1 words end in WAIF. Useful as a back hook: play WAIF onto a word already on the board.
Words with WAIF inside
1 words contain WAIF in the middle. Words that start with WAIF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAIF
Common questions about WAIF
- Is WAIF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAIF, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAIF worth?
- WAIF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAIF mean?
- A homeless and helpless person.
- What letters can be added to WAIF?
- WAIF takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WAIF:
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