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Is jiffy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word jiffy is a Scrabble US word. The word jiffy is worth 21 points in Scrabble:

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Is jiffy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word jiffy is a Scrabble UK word and has 21 points:

J8I1F4F4Y4

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Yes. The word jiffy is a Words With Friends word. The word jiffy is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

JIFFY,

4-letter words (2 found)

IFFY,JIFF,

3-letter words (1 found)

IFF,

2-letter words (2 found)

FY,IF,

You can make 6 words from jiffy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of jiffy

jiffy

English

Alternative forms

  • giffy (obsolete)

Etymology

Origin unknown; said to have been thieves’ cant for “lightning”. Also formerly written "giffy", to which a connection with gliff has been proposed. As a kind of envelope, a genericization of Jiffy bag.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪ.fi/
  • Rhymes: -ɪfi
  • Hyphenation: jif‧fy

Noun

jiffy (plural jiffies)

  1. (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. [from 1780.]
    Synonyms: instant, jiff, mo, sec, tick; see also Thesaurus:moment
  2. (computing) A unit of time defined by the frequency of its basic timer – historically, and by convention, 0.01 of a second, but some computer operating systems use other values.
  3. (electronics) The length of an alternating current power cycle (1/60 or 1/50 of a second).
  4. (physics) The time taken for light to travel a specified distance in a vacuum, usually one centimetre (approximately 33.3564 picoseconds), but sometimes one foot or the width of a nucleon.
  5. (UK) Short for jiffy bag, a padded envelope.
    Synonyms: bubble envelope, bubble mailer, Jiffy bag, padded envelope, padded mailer

Derived terms

  • in a jiffy
  • Jiffy bag

Translations

See also

  • jiffy tummy

References

Further reading

  • Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (2003 December 29), “jiffy”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

Source: wiktionary.org