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Is loaf a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word loaf is a Scrabble US word. The word loaf is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is loaf a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word loaf is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

L1O1A1F4

Is loaf a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word loaf is a Words With Friends word. The word loaf is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (2 found)

FOAL,LOAF,

3-letter words (2 found)

ALF,OAF,

2-letter words (5 found)

AL,FA,LA,LO,OF,

You can make 9 words from loaf according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of loaf

loaf olaf laof alof oalf aolf lofa olfa lfoa floa ofla fola lafo alfo lfao flao aflo falo oafl aofl ofal foal afol faol

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

Definitions and meaning of loaf

loaf

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ləʊf/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /loʊf/
  • Rhymes: -əʊf

Etymology 1

  • From Middle English lof, laf, from Old English hlāf (“bread, loaf of bread”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread, loaf”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlifian (“to stand out prominently, tower up”). Cognate with Scots laif (“loaf”), German Laib (“loaf”), Swedish lev (“loaf”), Russian хлеб (xleb, “bread, loaf”), Polish chleb (“bread”).
  • (brain or head): Rhyming slang, shortened from "loaf of bread".

Noun

loaf (plural loaves)

  2. (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
  3. Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
  4. (Cockney rhyming slang) The brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf).
  5. A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
  6. (cellular automata) A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
Synonyms
  • (head, all slang): bonce, noddle, nut
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: loff
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: loff
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References
  • (soap) Miller, J.L. "Customers believe in downstate Soap Fairy", The News Journal, B10, January 10, 2006.

Verb

loaf (third-person singular simple present loafs, present participle loafing, simple past and past participle loafed)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (Internet slang) To assume or be in catloaf position (for cats or other animals)

Etymology 2

Probably a back-formation from loafer.

Verb

loaf (third-person singular simple present loafs, present participle loafing, simple past and past participle loafed)

  1. (intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.
    • 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[4]
      They don’t (often) kill other animals, they probably form monogamous pairs, and we know they share parental care of chicks, and loaf and bathe in large, congenial groups.
Synonyms
  • idle, laze, lounge
Derived terms
Translations

Anagrams

  • AFOL, Olaf, foal

Source: wiktionary.org