CLIFFY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CLIFFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLIFFY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLIFFY is to know. It scores 17 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLIFFY
No single letter turns CLIFFY into another word.
How CLIFFY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CLIFFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 8,278 thousand.
What stands out about CLIFFY
- CLIFFY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CLIFFY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having many cliffs; rugged and steep.
A cliffy coast is one broken by sheer rock faces instead of gentle beaches. The adjective is plain and descriptive, and it turns up mostly in travel and nature writing.
How CLIFFY is used
Describes a stretch of land or coastline that is full of cliffs.
- The cliffy shoreline made landing a boat nearly impossible.
- They hiked along a cliffy ridge above the sea.
- Gulls nested all along the cliffy headland.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLIFFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CLIFFY
Common questions about CLIFFY
- Is CLIFFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLIFFY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLIFFY worth?
- CLIFFY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLIFFY mean?
- Having many cliffs; rugged and steep.
- What letters can be added to CLIFFY?
- No single letter can be added to CLIFFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CLIFFY:
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