Is “Shaft” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
SHAFT
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Valid

Meaning of Shaft

noun
  1. 1.The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

  2. 2.The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

    Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.

  3. 3.(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

Synonyms: rachis, mineshaft, stail, stale, steal, steel

verb
  1. 1.To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

    Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.

  2. 2.To equip with a shaft.

  3. 3.To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

    Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.