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What does ziff mean? Is ziff a Scrabble word?

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Is ziff a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ziff is a Scrabble US word. The word ziff is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

Z10I1F4F4

Is ziff a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ziff is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

Z10I1F4F4

Is ziff a Words With Friends word?

The word ziff is NOT a Words With Friends word.

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4-letter words (1 found)

ZIFF,

3-letter words (2 found)

FIZ,IFF,

2-letter words (1 found)

IF,

You can make 4 words from ziff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ziff

ziff izff zfif fzif ifzf fizf ziff izff zfif fzif ifzf fizf zffi fzfi zffi fzfi ffzi ffzi iffz fifz iffz fifz ffiz ffiz

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

Definitions and meaning of ziff

ziff

Etymology 1

Noun

ziff (plural ziffs)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, dated) A beard.
    1. (metonymically) Someone with a beard, especially an old man.

Etymology 2

Noun

ziff (plural ziffs)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A juvenile thief.

References

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “ziff n.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • Jonathon Green (2024) “ziff n.2”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  • “ziff, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Source: wiktionary.org