YARFA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. YARFA 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept YARFA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful YARFA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for YARFA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
yarfasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How YARFA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in YARFA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does YARFA mean in Scrabble?
noun
regionalScots
In Shetland usage, a clayey, sandy or fibrous kind of peaty soil.
Yarfa names a particular grade of peat ground found in Shetland, denser or more mixed with clay and sand than the fibrous turf cut for fuel elsewhere. Local speech treats it as a distinct term from ordinary peat, tied closely to the island's ground and its traditional digging.
How YARFA is used
A local Shetland term, also spelled yarpha, rarely met outside island or dialect writing.
- The croft sat on a stretch of soft yarfa near the shore.
- Diggers avoid yarfa because it holds water badly as fuel.
- Old accounts describe the moor as thick with yarfa and heather.
- He tested the ground and pronounced it good yarfa for building on.
- Yarfa differs from firmer peat in how loosely it packs together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of YARFA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with YARFA
1 longer words begin with YARFA.
Shorter words from the letters in YARFA
Common questions about YARFA
- Is YARFA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and YARFA is not in it.
- How many points is YARFA worth?
- YARFA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does YARFA mean?
- In Shetland usage, a clayey, sandy or fibrous kind of peaty soil.
- What letters can be added to YARFA?
- YARFA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of YARFA:
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