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Is ruffle a Scrabble word?

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

R1U1F4F4L1E1

Is ruffle a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1U1F4F4L1E1

Is ruffle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ruffle is a Words With Friends word. The word ruffle is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1U2F4F4L2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

RUFFLE,

5-letter words (2 found)

FLEUR,RUFFE,

4-letter words (7 found)

FLUE,FUEL,FURL,LUFF,LURE,RUFF,RULE,

3-letter words (13 found)

EFF,ELF,ERF,FER,FEU,FLU,FUR,LEU,LUR,REF,RUE,ULE,URE,

2-letter words (7 found)

EF,EL,ER,FE,FU,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 31 words from ruffle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ruffle

ruffle

Etymology

From Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹʌfəl/
  • Rhymes: -ʌfəl

Noun

ruffle (plural ruffles)

  1. Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
  2. Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
  3. (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
  4. (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

Synonyms

  • (strip of fabric): frill, furbelow

Derived terms

  • dust ruffle

Translations

Verb

ruffle (third-person singular simple present ruffles, present participle ruffling, simple past and past participle ruffled)

  1. (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
  2. (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
  3. (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
  4. (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
  5. (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
  6. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
  7. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
  8. (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
  9. To throw together in a disorderly manner.

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Anagrams

  • Fulfer, luffer

Source: wiktionary.org