PUFF is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PUFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUFF?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUFF is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 2.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUFF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PUFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 490,153.
What does PUFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short burst of breath or wind.
Puff for a favourable review is eighteenth-century and named a paid notice long before advertising had any rules. Puff pastry rises because of steam, which is the literal sense doing real work.
How PUFF is used
Countable. Also a verb: puffed, puffing.
- A puff of wind and the whole pile went over.
- The word puff once meant a paid review.
- She puffed up two flights and stopped at the top.
- Puff pastry rises on steam and nothing else.
- Two puffs on the fire and it caught.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUFF
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with PUFF.
Words ending in PUFF
3 words end in PUFF. Useful as a back hook: play PUFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with PUFF inside
5 words contain PUFF in the middle. Words that start with PUFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PUFF
Common questions about PUFF
- Is PUFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUFF, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUFF worth?
- PUFF is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUFF mean?
- A short burst of breath or wind.
- What letters can be added to PUFF?
- PUFF takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PUFF:
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