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Is chaff a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chaff is a Scrabble US word. The word chaff is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is chaff a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chaff is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

CHAFF,

4-letter words (2 found)

CAFF,HAFF,

3-letter words (5 found)

ACH,AFF,CAF,CHA,FAH,

2-letter words (4 found)

AH,CH,FA,HA,

You can make 12 words from chaff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of chaff

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Definitions and meaning of chaff

chaff

Etymology

From Middle English chaf, from Old English ċeaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf, from Proto-Germanic *kafą. Cognate with Scots caff, Saterland Frisian Sääf, West Frisian tsjêf, Dutch kaf, German Low German Kaff, regional German Kaff.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæf/, /t͡ʃɑːf/
  • (US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃæf/
  • Rhymes: -æf

Noun

chaff (usually uncountable, plural chaffs)

  1. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
    Coordinate term: bran
  2. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
  3. (figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
  4. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
  5. (military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.
    Synonym: window
    Hyponym: rope

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See also

  • paleaceous
  • paleous

Verb

chaff (third-person singular simple present chaffs, present participle chaffing, simple past and past participle chaffed)

  1. (intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
  2. (transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
  3. (transitive) To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.

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References

  • “chaff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • Chaff in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Middle English

Noun

chaff

  1. Alternative form of chaf

Source: wiktionary.org