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Is gaffe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gaffe is a Scrabble US word. The word gaffe is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is gaffe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gaffe is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Yes. The word gaffe is a Words With Friends word. The word gaffe is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

GAFFE,

4-letter words (1 found)

GAFF,

3-letter words (7 found)

AFF,AGE,EFF,FAE,FAG,FEG,GAE,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AG,EA,EF,FA,FE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from gaffe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of gaffe

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Definitions and meaning of gaffe

gaffe

Alternative forms

  • gaff

Etymology

From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæf/
  • Rhymes: -æf
  • Homophone: gaff

Noun

gaffe (plural gaffes)

  1. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.
    Synonyms: blooper, blunder, mistake, error, slip, slip-up; see also Thesaurus:error

Derived terms

  • Kinsley gaffe

Translations

See also

  • malapropism
  • Freudian slip
  • Bushism

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan gaf (“clasp”), from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”, noun), from 𐌲𐌰- (ga-, intensifier) + 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan, “to catch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaf/
  • Rhymes: -af

Noun

gaffe f (plural gaffes)

  1. gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)

Derived terms

  • faire gaffe

Descendants

  • → English: gaffe
  • → Italian: gaffe
  • → Portuguese: gafe
  • → Turkish: gaf

Noun

gaffe f (plural gaffes)

  1. (nautical) boathook

Further reading

  • “gaffe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

Verb

gaffe

  1. inflection of gaffen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Italian

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaf.fe/
  • Rhymes: -affe
  • Hyphenation: gàf‧fe

Noun

gaffe f

  1. plural of gaffa

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaf/
  • Rhymes: -af

Noun

gaffe f (invariable)

  1. gaffe, blunder, boob

Source: wiktionary.org