WAUFF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. WAUFF 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 14 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept WAUFF?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAUFF is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAUFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wauffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAUFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WAUFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does WAUFF mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotsdialect
To wave, especially to wave a hand toward someone in greeting or farewell.
Wauff is a Scots dialect verb for the everyday act of waving, most often a hand raised toward someone across a distance rather than a formal gesture. It sits close to the related word waff, which in some regional use carries the same sense of waving alongside other, unrelated meanings. Today wauff turns up mainly in Scots word lists and older regional writing rather than in ordinary conversation.
How WAUFF is used
Scots dialect; describes waving a hand, found chiefly in regional or older writing.
- She would wauff to the fishing boats as they passed.
- He liked to wauff at the children walking to school.
- They wauff a greeting from across the harbour.
- The old man would wauff his cap instead of speaking.
- She saw him wauff from the far side of the field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAUFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAUFF
3 longer words begin with WAUFF.
Shorter words from the letters in WAUFF
Common questions about WAUFF
- Is WAUFF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WAUFF is not in it.
- How many points is WAUFF worth?
- WAUFF is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAUFF mean?
- To wave, especially to wave a hand toward someone in greeting or farewell.
- What letters can be added to WAUFF?
- WAUFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WAUFF:
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