Yes, shaft is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Equip with a shaft

2. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Noun

1. A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

2. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

3. A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

4. A column of light (as from a beacon)

5. The main (mid) section of a long bone

6. Obscene terms for penis

7. A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

8. A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

9. (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

10. A long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel

11. A revolving rod that transmits power or motion

12. The hollow spine of a feather