CLIFF is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CLIFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLIFF?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLIFF is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLIFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CLIFF scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CLIFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does CLIFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A steep, high rock face, especially one that rises sharply from the sea or from lower ground.
A cliff forms mainly through erosion, as waves, wind or moving ice wear away softer rock and leave a steep face behind. Sea cliffs are constantly reshaped by the pounding of waves at their base, which can lead to collapse and rockfall over time. A cliff can also mark the edge of a plateau or canyon far from any coast, wherever a sudden drop separates higher and lower ground. Climbers and geologists both study a cliff for very different reasons, one for its challenge and the other for what its layers reveal about the past.
How CLIFF is used
A common word used both literally, for a steep rock face, and figuratively, as in the phrase to go over a cliff.
- The path ended abruptly at the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea.
- Seabirds nested along ledges cut into the cliff.
- A sudden gust nearly blew the hiker toward the cliff.
- Erosion has slowly eaten away at the base of the cliff.
- From the top of the cliff, the whole bay came into view.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLIFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CLIFF
17 longer words begin with CLIFF.
Words ending in CLIFF
2 words end in CLIFF. Useful as a back hook: play CLIFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with CLIFF inside
2 words contain CLIFF in the middle. Words that start with CLIFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CLIFF
Common questions about CLIFF
- Is CLIFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLIFF, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLIFF worth?
- CLIFF is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLIFF mean?
- A steep, high rock face, especially one that rises sharply from the sea or from lower ground.
- What letters can be added to CLIFF?
- CLIFF takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CLIFF:
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