WAQF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. WAQF 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 19 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept WAQF?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAQF is to know. It scores 19 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAQF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
waqfsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAQF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WAQF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 108,923.
What stands out about WAQF
- WAQF takes a Q without a U — one of only 93 words in our lists that do. That is the cheapest way to get rid of the ten-point tile.
- WAQF scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WAQF mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A charitable endowment under Islamic law.
A waqf is permanent: once land or property has been given, it cannot be sold or inherited, and the income supports whatever purpose was named at the start. Whole cities were maintained this way for centuries.
How WAQF is used
Countable: a waqf, two waqfs.
- A waqf cannot be sold once it has been made.
- The word waqf means a stopping or a holding.
- Two waqfs founded in the same century still pay for the same school.
- Income from a waqf goes to the purpose named at the start.
- Much of an old city was kept up by waqf endowments.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAQF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAQF
1 longer words begin with WAQF.
Shorter words from the letters in WAQF
Common questions about WAQF
- Is WAQF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAQF, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAQF worth?
- WAQF is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAQF mean?
- A charitable endowment under Islamic law.
- What letters can be added to WAQF?
- WAQF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WAQF:
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