FUFFY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 17 points
It depends on the list you play by. FUFFY 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 17 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FUFFY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUFFY is to know. It scores 17 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUFFY
No single letter turns FUFFY into another word.
How FUFFY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FUFFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 3 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. FUFFY needs 1 blank tile.
What does FUFFY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
Light, soft and puffed up in texture, as fur, hair or freshly risen dough might be.
Fuffy describes something airy and full of loft rather than dense or flat; a startled cat with fuffy fur or a fuffy pillow has volume from trapped air rather than firmness. The word is chiefly Scots and turns up in older regional writing and dialect glossaries.
How FUFFY is used
Scots dialect; used in informal and regional speech rather than standard written English.
- The startled cat had fuffy fur from head to tail.
- She patted the fuffy pillow into shape before bed.
- New snow lay fuffy and light across the yard.
- His fuffy hair stood up in the wind.
- The baker praised the fuffy crumb of the fresh loaf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUFFY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FUFFY
Common questions about FUFFY
- Is FUFFY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FUFFY is not in it.
- How many points is FUFFY worth?
- FUFFY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUFFY mean?
- Light, soft and puffed up in texture, as fur, hair or freshly risen dough might be.
- What letters can be added to FUFFY?
- No single letter can be added to FUFFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FUFFY:
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