ZIFF is valid in Collins, not in North America — 19 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZIFF 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 19 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept ZIFF?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZIFF is to know. It scores 19 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZIFF
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ziffsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZIFF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZIFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 435,692.
What stands out about ZIFF
- ZIFF scores 19 points, more than twice the average for a 4-letter word (7.7).
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZIFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
A beard grown on the chin and jaw.
Ziff is Australian slang and its origin is entirely unknown, which is unusual for a word first recorded as recently as the 1930s. It turns up in print steadily and hardly ever in speech outside Australia.
How ZIFF is used
Countable: a ziff, two ziffs. Australian.
- He grew a ziff and shaved it off in a week.
- The word ziff has no known origin at all.
- A ziff in Australian writing is a beard and nothing else.
- Two ziffs in one photograph from 1938.
- Ziff appears in print more than in conversation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZIFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZIFF
3 longer words begin with ZIFF.
Shorter words from the letters in ZIFF
Common questions about ZIFF
- Is ZIFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZIFF, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZIFF worth?
- ZIFF is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZIFF mean?
- A beard grown on the chin and jaw.
- What letters can be added to ZIFF?
- ZIFF takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZIFF:
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