WIFTY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WIFTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIFTY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIFTY 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 WIFTY
Front hooks — 1
swiftyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How WIFTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WIFTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does WIFTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalslangNorth American
Slightly scatterbrained, eccentric or dizzy in a mildly comic way.
Wifty is an informal American term for someone whose thinking seems a little flighty, absent-minded or oddly disconnected, without being seriously troubled. It suggests harmless eccentricity rather than genuine confusion, and is often used with affection or amusement about a person who forgets things or drifts off topic. The word has a light, almost playful sound that matches its meaning, and it appears mostly in casual conversation rather than formal writing. A wifty relative or coworker is charming rather than alarming, someone whose scattered manner is part of their personality.
How WIFTY is used
Informal American slang, used affectionately about someone mildly scatterbrained rather than seriously confused.
- Her wifty aunt always forgets where she put her keys.
- He gave a wifty smile and changed the subject completely.
- The professor was brilliant but a bit wifty about deadlines.
- Everyone laughed at her wifty explanation of the mix-up.
- Being a little wifty never stopped her from finishing the puzzle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIFTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in WIFTY
1 words end in WIFTY. Useful as a back hook: play WIFTY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in WIFTY
Common questions about WIFTY
- Is WIFTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIFTY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIFTY worth?
- WIFTY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIFTY mean?
- Slightly scatterbrained, eccentric or dizzy in a mildly comic way.
- What letters can be added to WIFTY?
- WIFTY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WIFTY:
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