JIFF is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. JIFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JIFF?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JIFF is to know. It scores 17 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JIFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How JIFF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in JIFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 435,692.
What stands out about JIFF
- JIFF scores 17 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JIFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A very short space of time.
Jiff and jiffy are the same word, and the origin is unknown despite a claim that it was thieves' cant for lightning. In physics a jiffy has been given several precise values, none of which anybody agreed on.
How JIFF is used
Countable. Chiefly in in a jiff.
- Back in a jiff, he said, and returned an hour later.
- The word jiff is the same as jiffy.
- A jiff in physics has three different definitions.
- Two jiffs is not a measurable quantity.
- The origin of jiff is unknown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JIFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JIFF
3 longer words begin with JIFF.
Shorter words from the letters in JIFF
Common questions about JIFF
- Is JIFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JIFF, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JIFF worth?
- JIFF is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JIFF mean?
- A very short space of time.
- What letters can be added to JIFF?
- JIFF takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of JIFF:
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