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Is griff a Scrabble word?

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

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Is griff a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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5-letter words (1 found)

GRIFF,

4-letter words (2 found)

FRIG,RIFF,

3-letter words (6 found)

FIG,FIR,GIF,IFF,RIF,RIG,

2-letter words (2 found)

GI,IF,

You can make 11 words from griff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of griff

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Definitions and meaning of griff

griff

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹɪf/
  • Rhymes: -ɪf

Etymology 1

Shortened from earlier griffin.

Noun

griff (plural griffs)

  1. (India) griffin, (white) newcomer

Etymology 2

Compare grip, gripe.

Noun

griff (plural griffs)

  1. (obsolete) grasp; reach
  2. (weaving) An arrangement of parallel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods.

References

  • Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Griff”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • grefa, griefo, griefs, grifa, griffa, griffo

Noun

griff (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, slang) marijuana.
Derived terms
  • green griff
  • griff house

German

Verb

griff

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of greifen

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Gryph, from Latin gryphus, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡrifː]
  • Hyphenation: griff
  • Rhymes: -ifː

Noun

griff (plural griffek)

  1. griffin (a mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle)
    Synonym: griffmadár

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Further reading

  • (griffin [bird]): griff in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (grip, handle; sense, skill): griff in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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