WHIFFY is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. WHIFFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHIFFY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHIFFY is to know. It scores 21 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHIFFY
No single letter turns WHIFFY into another word.
How WHIFFY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WHIFFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,556 thousand.
What stands out about WHIFFY
- WHIFFY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
- WHIFFY scores 21 points, more than twice the average for a 6-letter word (10.5).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WHIFFY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Having an unpleasant smell.
It is a mild, slightly humorous word for a bad odour, milder than words such as stinking. People use it for socks, bins, cheese and damp rooms. The base word whiff means a faint smell, and whiffy is built from it.
How WHIFFY is used
Used informally when something smells bad but not disastrously so.
- The whiffy gym bag had been forgotten in the car for a week.
- A whiffy cheese can still taste excellent.
- Open the window, because this room is rather whiffy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHIFFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WHIFFY
Common questions about WHIFFY
- Is WHIFFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHIFFY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHIFFY worth?
- WHIFFY is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHIFFY mean?
- Having an unpleasant smell.
- What letters can be added to WHIFFY?
- No single letter can be added to WHIFFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WHIFFY:
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