DIF is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DIF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIF?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIF is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIF scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DIF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does DIF mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A difference, in casual speech.
Dif is a clipping that never settled its spelling: the form with a doubled letter is commoner in writing and this one is what accepted word lists take. Both belong to speech, and both turn up mostly in the phrase about something making none at all.
How DIF is used
Countable: a dif, two difs. Informal; also spelled diff.
- It makes no dif either way.
- The dif between the two is about a pound.
- He could not see the dif and said so.
- The spelling dif is one of two and the rarer one.
- What dif does an hour make at this point?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIF
The 3 tiles of DIF in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DIF
Showing 24 of 97 words that begin with DIF.
Words with DIF inside
Showing 24 of 214 words that contain DIF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DIF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DIF
Common questions about DIF
- Is DIF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIF, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIF worth?
- DIF is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIF mean?
- A difference, in casual speech.
- What letters can be added to DIF?
- DIF takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DIF:
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