WOOF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WOOF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOOF?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOOF is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOOF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WOOF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in WOOF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,011.
What does WOOF mean in Scrabble?
noun
The threads that run across a woven cloth.
Woof is the older name for what most weavers now call the weft, and it is the half that moves: the long ones are set up first and stay still while it goes back and forth between them. The identical bark of a dog is a separate word that arrived by imitation, which is why one is a technical term and the other is not.
How WOOF is used
Uncountable: the woof of the cloth. The commoner modern term is weft.
- The woof runs across and the warp runs down.
- A loose woof shows as a ridge in the finished cloth.
- He counted the woof to the inch and wrote it down.
- Change the woof and the same warp gives a different fabric.
- The word woof in a weaving book has nothing to do with dogs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOOF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOOF
10 longer words begin with WOOF.
Words with WOOF inside
2 words contain WOOF in the middle. Words that start with WOOF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WOOF
Common questions about WOOF
- Is WOOF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOOF, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOOF worth?
- WOOF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOOF mean?
- The threads that run across a woven cloth.
- What letters can be added to WOOF?
- WOOF takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of WOOF:
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