BLAFF is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 13 points
Yes for Scrabble. BLAFF is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept BLAFF?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BLAFF is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BLAFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
blaffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BLAFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BLAFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does BLAFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
Caribbean
A West Indian dish of fish poached in a spicy, lime-flavoured broth.
Blaff is a traditional Caribbean way of cooking fish, especially in the French Antilles, in which pieces of fish are gently poached in a hot, tangy broth flavoured with lime juice, chilli, garlic and herbs. The dish is usually served in the broth itself, with the liquid soaked up by rice or bread. The same word can also describe a sudden barking sound, but the culinary sense is the one most often met in English.
How BLAFF is used
A regional Caribbean culinary term, most familiar from Guadeloupe and Martinique and their diaspora cooking.
- The restaurant served a red snapper blaff with plenty of lime.
- Her grandmother taught her to make blaff with whatever fish was fresh that morning.
- The blaff simmered gently while the rice cooked alongside it.
- Chilli and garlic give the blaff its sharp, warming heat.
- Every family on the island seems to have its own recipe for blaff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BLAFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BLAFF
3 longer words begin with BLAFF.
Shorter words from the letters in BLAFF
Common questions about BLAFF
- Is BLAFF valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BLAFF is not in it.
- How many points is BLAFF worth?
- BLAFF is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BLAFF mean?
- A West Indian dish of fish poached in a spicy, lime-flavoured broth.
- What letters can be added to BLAFF?
- BLAFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BLAFF:
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