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What does playoff mean? Is playoff a Scrabble word?

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Is playoff a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word playoff is a Scrabble US word. The word playoff is worth 18 points in Scrabble:

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Is playoff a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word playoff is a Scrabble UK word and has 18 points:

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Is playoff a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word playoff is a Words With Friends word. The word playoff is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PLAYOFF,

6-letter words (2 found)

LAYOFF,PAYOFF,

5-letter words (1 found)

OFFAL,

4-letter words (15 found)

AFFY,FLAP,FLAY,FLOP,FOAL,LOAF,OFAY,OFFA,OFFY,OPAL,PALY,PLAY,PLOY,POLY,YAFF,

3-letter words (23 found)

AFF,ALF,ALP,APO,FAP,FAY,FLY,FOP,FOY,LAP,LAY,LOP,LOY,OAF,OFF,OPA,PAL,PAY,PLY,POA,POL,PYA,YAP,

2-letter words (13 found)

AL,AY,FA,FY,LA,LO,OF,OP,OY,PA,PO,YA,YO,

You can make 55 words from playoff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of playoff

playoff

Alternative forms

  • play-off

Etymology

Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play +‎ -off.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: play‧off

Noun

playoff (plural playoffs)

  1. A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
  2. (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
  3. (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • play off

Italian

Alternative forms

  • play-off

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.

Noun

playoff m pl (plural only)

  1. (sports) playoff

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.

Noun

playoff m (plural playoffs)

  1. Alternative form of play-off

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English playoff.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -of

Noun

playoff m (plural playoffs)

  1. (sports) playoff
    Synonym: eliminatoria

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


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