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Is tiff a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tiff is a Scrabble US word. The word tiff is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is tiff a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tiff is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

TIFF,

3-letter words (2 found)

FIT,IFF,

2-letter words (3 found)

IF,IT,TI,

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

All 4 letters words made out of tiff

tiff itff tfif ftif iftf fitf tiff itff tfif ftif iftf fitf tffi ftfi tffi ftfi ffti ffti ifft fift ifft fift ffit ffit

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

Definitions and meaning of tiff

tiff

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪf/
  • Rhymes: -ɪf

Etymology 1

Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.

Noun

tiff (plural tiffs)

  1. A small argument; a petty quarrel.
  2. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
Derived terms
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Verb

tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)

  1. (intransitive) To quarrel.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:squabble
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Etymology 2

From Middle English tiffen, Old French tiffer, tifer ("to bedizen"; > Modern French attifer), from Frankish *tipfōn, *tippōn (to decorate), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (top, tip). Compare Dutch tippen (to clip the points or ends of the hair), Old Norse tippa (point, tip), English tip (noun), Middle High German zipfen (to prance; skip; sashay; bob; flutter; frisk).

Verb

tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To deck out; to dress.

Etymology 3

Verb

tiff (third-person singular simple present tiffs, present participle tiffing, simple past and past participle tiffed)

  1. (British India, intransitive) To have lunch.
Related terms
  • tiffin

Etymology 4

Noun

tiff (plural tiffs)

  1. Alternative form of TIFF

References

“tiff”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • fift

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

from English thief.

Noun

tiff

  1. thief

Verb

tiff

  1. to steal

Source: wiktionary.org