TIFFIN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TIFFIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TIFFIN?
| 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 TIFFIN is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TIFFIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TIFFIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TIFFIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 919,794.
What does TIFFIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
BritishIndian English
A light meal eaten in the middle of the day, especially in India, or a sweet chocolate and biscuit cake.
The word came out of British life in India, where tiffin meant lunch or a snack taken between main meals. In Indian cities a tiffin box is a stacked metal lunch container, carried to workers by delivery men. In Britain, tiffin has also become the name of a chilled cake of crushed biscuits, syrup and chocolate.
How TIFFIN is used
Indian English for a light meal; British English for the chilled biscuit cake.
- They stopped for tiffin at noon in the shade of the veranda.
- He packed a metal tiffin box with rice and lentils.
- The cafe sells a slice of tiffin with its coffee.
- A tiffin of sandwiches and fruit was brought to the office.
- Her tiffin tin held a thick square of chocolate cake.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TIFFIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TIFFIN
5 longer words begin with TIFFIN.
Shorter words from the letters in TIFFIN
Common questions about TIFFIN
- Is TIFFIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TIFFIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TIFFIN worth?
- TIFFIN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TIFFIN mean?
- A light meal eaten in the middle of the day, especially in India, or a sweet chocolate and biscuit cake.
- What letters can be added to TIFFIN?
- TIFFIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TIFFIN:
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