PUFFA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 13 points
It depends on the list you play by. PUFFA 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 13 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PUFFA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUFFA is to know. It scores 13 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUFFA
No single letter turns PUFFA into another word.
How PUFFA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUFFA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does PUFFA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
A thick jacket padded with warm quilted material, especially one with a glossy outer shell.
A puffa is short for puffa jacket, a name that describes the look rather than any particular maker: horizontal quilted channels stitched through a synthetic fill give the coat its swollen, padded shape. The word settled into British shops in the 1980s and stuck to the style rather than to one brand, so many makers now sell a puffa. It is worn mainly in cold or wet weather, pulled on over other clothes rather than instead of them.
How PUFFA is used
Informal British English; usually a puffa or puffa jacket, rarely used outside clothing contexts.
- She pulled on a puffa before going out into the sleet.
- The puffa keeps the cold out but makes the arms look twice their size.
- Every child in the school photo was wearing the same black puffa.
- He bought a puffa a size too big so it would fit over a jumper.
- A worn puffa with a broken zip still turned up in the lost property box.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUFFA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PUFFA
Common questions about PUFFA
- Is PUFFA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PUFFA is not in it.
- How many points is PUFFA worth?
- PUFFA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUFFA mean?
- A thick jacket padded with warm quilted material, especially one with a glossy outer shell.
- What letters can be added to PUFFA?
- No single letter can be added to PUFFA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUFFA:
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