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SHAFT
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
S
1
H
4
A
1
F
4
T
1
Σ
11
Definitions
Verb
- defeat someone through trickery or deceit
- equip with a shaft
Noun
- the hollow spine of a feather
- a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
- (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
- a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- obscene terms for penis
- the main (mid) section of a long bone
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
- a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word SHAFT
Yes, SHAFT is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 11 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
SHAFT is a 5-letter word. It contains 1 vowels and 4 consonants.