What SHAFT Means
- noun: a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- noun: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect“his parting shot was ‘drop dead’”
- verb: equip with a shaft
- verb: defeat someone through trickery or deceit
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHAFT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 A1 F4 T1.
Anagrams of SHAFT (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SHAFT
30 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (10)
3 letter words (12)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing SHAFT
SHAFT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.