RUFF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RUFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUFF?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUFF is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUFF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RUFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 163,384.
What does RUFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A starched frill worn round the neck.
The ruff needed a wire frame and a great deal of starch, and it grew until it made eating difficult. A separate ruff is a wading bird, named after the collar of feathers the male grows in spring.
How RUFF is used
Countable: a ruff, two ruffs.
- A ruff that size made eating a problem.
- The word ruff also names a wading bird.
- The male ruff grows a collar and the female does not.
- Two ruffs in the same portrait and different decades.
- A ruff needed starch and a wire frame to stand up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUFF
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with RUFF.
Words ending in RUFF
7 words end in RUFF. Useful as a back hook: play RUFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with RUFF inside
Showing 24 of 53 words that contain RUFF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RUFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RUFF
Common questions about RUFF
- Is RUFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUFF, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUFF worth?
- RUFF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUFF mean?
- A starched frill worn round the neck.
- What letters can be added to RUFF?
- RUFF takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RUFF:
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