CUFFO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. CUFFO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept CUFFO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUFFO is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUFFO
No single letter turns CUFFO into another word.
How CUFFO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CUFFO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does CUFFO mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalNorth American
Free of charge; given or obtained without payment.
Cuffo is old American showbusiness slang, most at home in variety and vaudeville reporting, where a cuffo ticket or a cuffo seat was one that cost nothing. The word could describe the item itself, as in a cuffo pass, or the way it was obtained, as in getting in cuffo, so it slides between adjective and adverb depending on the sentence. It kept a slightly showy, colourful flavour and is now rare outside deliberately old-fashioned writing.
How CUFFO is used
Informal American slang, chiefly historical entertainment-industry usage; still current as a game word.
- The critics got in cuffo on opening night.
- He handed out cuffo tickets to fill the empty seats.
- Nothing here is cuffo; every seat has to be paid for.
- The old manager remembered when passes were cuffo for reporters.
- A cuffo review still had to be honest, he insisted.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUFFO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CUFFO
Common questions about CUFFO
- Is CUFFO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and CUFFO is not in it.
- How many points is CUFFO worth?
- CUFFO is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUFFO mean?
- Free of charge; given or obtained without payment.
- What letters can be added to CUFFO?
- No single letter can be added to CUFFO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CUFFO:
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