WHEFT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. WHEFT 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 WHEFT?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHEFT is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHEFT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wheftsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHEFT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHEFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does WHEFT mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalarchaic
A sailing flag gathered and knotted partway along its length, flown as a distinct signal at sea.
A wheft looked different from an ordinary flag flown out flat, because sailors deliberately bunched and knotted it so that its shape itself carried meaning, used as a call for help or a signal to another vessel. The word is an old variant tied to waft in its noun sense, from a period when waft itself could name this kind of signal flag. It survives now mostly in older sea narratives and pirate-era fiction rather than in current sailing terms.
How WHEFT is used
Nautical and archaic; names an old signal flag, found chiefly in older sea narratives.
- The lookout spotted a wheft flying from the stranger's mast.
- A red wheft told the crew to close in fast.
- The captain ordered a wheft raised as a call for help.
- Old sea stories often mention a wheft as a pirate signal.
- They watched the wheft flutter, knotted tight in the wind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHEFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHEFT
1 longer words begin with WHEFT.
Shorter words from the letters in WHEFT
Common questions about WHEFT
- Is WHEFT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WHEFT is not in it.
- How many points is WHEFT worth?
- WHEFT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHEFT mean?
- A sailing flag gathered and knotted partway along its length, flown as a distinct signal at sea.
- What letters can be added to WHEFT?
- WHEFT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHEFT:
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