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Is gaffer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gaffer is a Scrabble US word. The word gaffer is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is gaffer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gaffer is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

GAFFER,

5-letter words (2 found)

GAFFE,GRAFF,

4-letter words (11 found)

AGER,AREG,FARE,FEAR,FRAE,FRAG,GAFF,GARE,GEAR,RAFF,RAGE,

3-letter words (21 found)

AFF,AGE,ARE,ARF,EAR,EFF,ERA,ERF,ERG,FAE,FAG,FAR,FEG,FER,FRA,GAE,GAR,GER,RAG,REF,REG,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AG,AR,EA,EF,ER,FA,FE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 45 words from gaffer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gaffer

gaffer

Etymology 1

From gaff (“hook”) +‎ -er.

  • (cinema): The natural lighting on early film sets was adjusted by opening and closing flaps in the tent cloths, called gaff cloths or gaff flaps.
  • (glass): (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡæfɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡæfə/
  • Rhymes: -æfə(ɹ)

Noun

gaffer (plural gaffers)

  1. (film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
  2. A glassblower.
Derived terms
  • gaffer grip
  • gaffer tape
Translations

Etymology 2

Likely a contraction of godfather, but with the vowels influenced by grandfather. Compare French compère, German Gevatter.

Noun

gaffer (plural gaffers)

  1. (colloquial) An old man.
  2. (UK, informal) The leader of a group or team, such as a boss, foreman, coach, or publican.
  3. A sailor.
  4. (Canada) The baby in the house.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:old man
Related terms
  • gammer
Translations

References

  • “gaffer”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1989.

Anagrams

  • Graeff

French

Etymology

From gaffe +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

gaffer

  1. to make a gaffe; to mess up; botch up
  2. to gaffer tape

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

gaffer

  1. (Jersey) to grasp

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡafɛr/

Verb

gaffer

  1. Soft mutation of caffer.

Mutation


Source: wiktionary.org