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LUFFA

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What LUFFA Means

  1. noun: the dried fibrous part of the fruit of a plant of the genus Luffa; used as a washing sponge or strainer
  2. noun: any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits; grown commercially for the mature fruit's dried fibrous interior that is used as a sponge

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LUFFA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 U1 F4 F4 A1.

Words Made From The Letters In LUFFA

10 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.

4 letter words (2)

3 letter words (5)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing LUFFA

LUFFA appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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