What BUFFING Means
BUFFING is a form of BUFF, which means:
- noun: an ardent follower and admirer
- noun: a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen
- verb: strike, beat repeatedly“The wind buffeted him”
- verb: polish and make shiny“buff the wooden floors”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BUFFING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 U1 F4 F4 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BUFFING
39 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
5 letter words (2)
4 letter words (8)
3 letter words (21)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.