TUFF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TUFF 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 TUFF?
| 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 TUFF 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 TUFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUFF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TUFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 163,384.
What does TUFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Rock formed from consolidated volcanic ash.
Tuff is soft enough to cut with a saw and hardens on exposure to air, which is why whole cities were built from it. Rome used it for everything before concrete arrived.
How TUFF is used
Uncountable; used as a modifier before a noun.
- Tuff is cut with a saw and hardens afterwards.
- The word tuff came into English through French from Italian.
- Rome built in tuff before it built in concrete.
- A tuff wall two thousand years old is still standing.
- Two kinds of tuff from the same eruption differ in colour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUFF
10 longer words begin with TUFF.
Words ending in TUFF
11 words end in TUFF. Useful as a back hook: play TUFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with TUFF inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain TUFF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TUFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TUFF
Common questions about TUFF
- Is TUFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUFF, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUFF worth?
- TUFF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUFF mean?
- Rock formed from consolidated volcanic ash.
- What letters can be added to TUFF?
- TUFF takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TUFF:
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