WHIFT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. WHIFT 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 WHIFT?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHIFT is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHIFT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whiftsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHIFT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHIFT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does WHIFT mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A short, light gust of air, or a faint smell that drifts past briefly.
A whift is small and easily missed, the sort of movement of air you might feel when a door opens nearby or the faint trace of a smell carried past on a breeze. It sits close in sound and sense to whiff, both words pointing at something brief rather than a strong or lasting current. The word is dialect and now rare, more likely met in older regional speech than modern writing.
How WHIFT is used
Dialect and rare; used for a brief puff of air or a faint, passing smell.
- A whift of cold air came in when the door opened.
- She caught a whift of woodsmoke on the breeze.
- Only a whift of wind stirred the curtains.
- He noticed a whift of perfume as she passed.
- The candle flickered at the smallest whift of draught.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHIFT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHIFT
1 longer words begin with WHIFT.
Shorter words from the letters in WHIFT
Common questions about WHIFT
- Is WHIFT valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and WHIFT is not in it.
- How many points is WHIFT worth?
- WHIFT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHIFT mean?
- A short, light gust of air, or a faint smell that drifts past briefly.
- What letters can be added to WHIFT?
- WHIFT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHIFT:
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