TIFF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TIFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIFF?
| 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 TIFF is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIFF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TIFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 72,615.
What does TIFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A petty quarrel.
Tiff first meant a sniff of displeasure and then a small outburst of temper, and the quarrel sense followed from that. A separate tiff means a small drink, and both are eighteenth-century.
How TIFF is used
Countable: a tiff, two tiffs. Informal.
- A tiff over the washing-up lasted three days.
- The word tiff first meant a sniff of displeasure.
- A separate tiff means a small drink.
- Two tiffs in one week is a pattern.
- Both senses of tiff are eighteenth-century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TIFF
10 longer words begin with TIFF.
Words ending in TIFF
9 words end in TIFF. Useful as a back hook: play TIFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with TIFF inside
Showing 24 of 31 words that contain TIFF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TIFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TIFF
Common questions about TIFF
- Is TIFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIFF, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIFF worth?
- TIFF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIFF mean?
- A petty quarrel.
- What letters can be added to TIFF?
- TIFF takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TIFF:
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