NIFFY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. NIFFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIFFY?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIFFY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIFFY
Front hooks — 1
sniffyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How NIFFY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NIFFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 697,107.
What does NIFFY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Having an unpleasant smell; smelly, especially in casual British speech.
Niffy is an informal British way of saying that something smells bad, from old socks to a room that needs airing. It is a light, everyday word rather than a harsh or clinical one, closer in tone to whiffy than to a formal term for odor. The word comes from the older noun niff, meaning an unpleasant smell, with the adjective simply adding the usual -y ending.
How NIFFY is used
Casual British usage, applied to ordinary bad smells rather than serious or dangerous odors.
- Open a window, the kitchen bin's gone niffy again.
- His trainers were so niffy nobody would sit near him.
- The cellar had a niffy, damp smell after the flood.
- She wrinkled her nose at the niffy cheese in the fridge.
- The changing room always smelled a bit niffy after practice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIFFY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in NIFFY
1 words end in NIFFY. Useful as a back hook: play NIFFY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in NIFFY
Common questions about NIFFY
- Is NIFFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIFFY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIFFY worth?
- NIFFY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIFFY mean?
- Having an unpleasant smell; smelly, especially in casual British speech.
- What letters can be added to NIFFY?
- NIFFY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NIFFY:
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