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Is puff a Scrabble word?

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

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

PUFF,

2-letter words (2 found)

FU,UP,

You can make 3 words from puff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of puff

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

Definitions and meaning of puff

puff

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʌf/
  • Rhymes: -ʌf

Etymology 1

From Middle English puff, puf, from Old English pyf (“a blast of wind, puff”), imitative. Cognate with Middle Low German puf, pof.

Noun

puff (countable and uncountable, plural puffs)

  1. (countable) A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
  2. (uncountable) The ability to breathe easily while exerting oneself.
    Synonym: wind
  3. (countable) A small quantity of gas or smoke in the air.
  4. (countable) A sudden but small gust of wind, smoke, etc.
  5. (informal, countable) An act of inhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar or pipe.
    Synonym: drag
  6. (uncountable, slang) The drug cannabis.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
  7. (countable) A flamboyant or alluring statement of praise.
  8. A portion of fabric gathered up so as to be left full in the middle.
  9. (countable) A light cake filled with cream, cream cheese, etc.
    Synonyms: pastry, cream puff
  10. A puffball.
  11. A powder puff.
  12. (dated, slang) A puffer, one who is employed by the owner or seller of goods sold at auction to bid up the price; an act or scam of that type.
  13. (genetics) A region of a chromosome exhibiting a local increase in diameter.
  14. (slang, dated, UK) Life.
  15. (derogatory, chiefly Northern England, slang) Synonym of poof: a gay man; especially one who is effeminate.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English puffen, from Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). Compare Dutch puffen, German Low German puffen, German puffen, Danish puffe, Swedish puffa.

Verb

puff (third-person singular simple present puffs, present participle puffing, simple past and past participle puffed)

  1. (intransitive) To emit smoke, gas, etc., in puffs.
  2. (intransitive) To pant.
  3. (transitive, archaic) To advertise.
  4. To blow as an expression of scorn.
  5. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated.
  6. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner; hence, to assume importance.
  7. To drive with a puff, or with puffs.
  8. To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
  9. To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate.
  11. To inflate with pride, flattery, self-esteem, etc.; often with up.
  12. To praise with exaggeration; to flatter; to call public attention to by praises; to praise unduly.
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Finnish

Etymology

From English poof.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpufː/, [ˈpufː]
  • Rhymes: -ufː
  • Syllabification(key): puff

Interjection

puff

  1. poof (deflating object or a magical disappearance)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpufː]
  • Hyphenation: puff
  • Rhymes: -ufː

Etymology 1

From German puffen.

Noun

puff (plural puffok)

  1. pouf, puff, pouffe (a backless, rounded, cushioned low stool)
  2. (dressmaking) pouf (on the upper part of the sleeves)
  3. puff, powder puff (a pad of soft material used for the application of cosmetic powder to the face)
Declension

Etymology 2

Back-formation from puffad, puffant, puffaszt.

Interjection

puff

  1. bang! pouf! (onomatopoeia representing a sudden sharp noise or crashing sound)

References

Further reading

  • (pouf, puff, pouffe): puff 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
  • (bang): puff 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

Swedish

Noun

puff c

  1. a puff (of gas or smoke)
  2. a nudge (gentle push)
    1. (figuratively) a nudge, boost (in a positive direction)
      Synonym: (harder) knuff
    2. (journalism) a blurb
    3. a poke (on Facebook)
  3. a (storage) ottoman stool
  4. a (cylindrical) pouf
  5. a puff (portion of fabric gathered up on the sleeve or shoulder of a garment), puffing
  6. (usually in the plural) a puff (puffed grain)
  7. (capitalized) Dale (from Chip 'n' Dale)

Declension

Derived terms

  • puffärm

Related terms

  • puffa

See also

  • bloss
  • puffra

References

  • puff in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • puff in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • puff in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org