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Is tiff a Scrabble word?

Yes, tiff is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of tiff?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (archaic) A brief outburst or period of bad temper; a snit; also (rare) any brief outburst (for example, of laughter).Examples: "[A]s if / Returning homevvards in a furious Tiff; / Your Hoſt declares, he's ſorry at his Heart, / And humbly acts the penitential Part."; "Wilhelmina […] answered his romances and him with tiffs of laughter, in a prettily fleeting manner."archaicinformal

verb (English)

1. (intransitive, informal) To be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement; to squabble.Examples: "I very much indeed approve / Of maidens moderating love / Until they've twenty pounds; / […] / Until the twenty pounds were safe, / She tiff'd at Tim, she ran from Ralph, / Squire nodded … deuce a curtsy!"; "Poor Newton! he little knew to what he owed that glance. The fact is, the Captain was late, and Miss Bowers tiffed."Synonyms: spat#Verb, tift, squabble, barney, bicker, quarrel, wrangle, argueinformalintransitive

noun (English)

1. (computer graphics file format) Alternative letter-case form of TIFF (acronym of tagged image file format).alt-ofinformal

verb (English)

1. (intransitive, British India) Synonym of tiffin (“to eat a (light) midday meal or snack; to have lunch, to lunch”).Examples: "Besides that one to which the permanent residence was attached, Mr. Augustus had several outlaying factories, which he visited from time to time, to superintend the manufacture of his indigo; at all of these he had little bungalows, or temporary abodes, where we tiffed and passed the heat of the day."; "Go home, Jack. I will tiff with you to-day at half-past two."Synonyms: tiffinBritishIndiainformalintransitive

noun (English)

1. (countable) A small draught or sip of liquor (especially diluted or poor quality liquor) or punch.Examples: "Come, Captain, let not your noble Courage be caſt dovvn; vvhat ſay you to a Glaſs of vvhite VVine, or a Tiff of Punch, by VVay of VVhet?"; ""Good wife," said Skriegh, gathering up his mouth, and sipping his tiff of brandy punch with great solemnity […]"Synonyms: tift, whiffarchaiccountableinformalobsoleteslang

2. (uncountable) Liquor, especially diluted or poor quality liquor.Examples: "By dint of drinking acid tiff, as above mentioned, and smoking segars, in which I am no novice, my Public are to be informed, that I gradually drank and smoked myself into a certain degree of acquaintance with un homme comme il faut [a proper man], one of the few fine old specimens of nobility who are still to be found in France; […]"Synonyms: tiftarchaicinformalobsoleteslanguncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive, informal or slang, archaic or obsolete) To drink (liquor), especially slowly or in small amounts; to sip.Examples: "Nor did the Doctor fail to go / To the bright region of the Row; / There tiff'd his punch and talk'd and smok'd, / Was sometimes grave and sometimes jok'd; […]"archaicinformalobsoleteslangtransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "tiff"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "tiff"?

Scrabble
10 points
T1
I1
F4
F4
Words With Friends
10 points
T1
I1
F4
F4

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