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Is fuzz a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fuzz is a Scrabble US word. The word fuzz is worth 25 points in Scrabble:

F4U1Z10Z10

Is fuzz a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fuzz is a Scrabble UK word and has 25 points:

F4U1Z10Z10

Is fuzz a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fuzz is a Words With Friends word. The word fuzz is worth 26 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4U2Z10Z10

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4-letter words (1 found)

FUZZ,

3-letter words (1 found)

ZUZ,

2-letter words (1 found)

FU,

You can make 3 words from fuzz according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fuzz

fuzz ufzz fzuz zfuz uzfz zufz fuzz ufzz fzuz zfuz uzfz zufz fzzu zfzu fzzu zfzu zzfu zzfu uzzf zuzf uzzf zuzf zzuf zzuf

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fuzz. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fuzz.

Definitions and meaning of fuzz

fuzz

Pronunciation

  • enPR: fŭz, IPA(key): /fʌz/
  • Rhymes: -ʌz

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Some dictionaries suggest a Germanic source; compare Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”), Dutch voos (“unsound; rotten”). Others, such as Webster's New College Dictionary, suggest a back-formation from fuzzy. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests, “Perhaps imitative of the action of blowing away light particles.”

Noun

fuzz (countable and uncountable, plural fuzzes)

  1. A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
  2. Quality of an image that is unclear; a blurred image.
  3. (computing) The random data used in fuzz testing.
  4. A distorted sound, especially from an electric guitar or other amplified instrument.
  5. A state of befuddlement.
Derived terms
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Verb

fuzz (third-person singular simple present fuzzes, present participle fuzzing, simple past and past participle fuzzed)

  1. (transitive) To make fuzzy.
  2. (intransitive) To become fuzzy.
  3. (transitive, dated) To make drunk.
  4. (computing) To test a software component by running it on randomly generated input.
  5. (intransitive, dated) To fly off in minute particles with a fizzing sound, like water from hot metal.
Derived terms
  • fuzz out
  • fuzz up
  • fuzzable

References

  • "fuzz, n.1" Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  • “fuzz1”, in Webster's II New College Dictionary, 2005, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Unknown. Godfrey Irwin (1930) suggests a possible connection to fuss, "over-particular", excessive bother.

Noun

fuzz (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang, with "the") The police, or any law enforcement agency.
    • 2009, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, 0:26:17:
      Let's get the hell out of here before the fuzz turns up
Derived terms
  • fuzzbuster
Translations


References
  • Godfrey Irwin. 1930. American Tramp and Underworld Slang, New York, Sears. →OCLC

Etymology 3

Noun

fuzz

  1. Misspelling of fuss.

Spanish

Noun

fuzz m (uncountable)

  1. fuzz

Source: wiktionary.org