What LUFFING Means
LUFFING is a form of LUFF, which means:
- noun: (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast
- noun: the act of sailing close to the wind
- verb: sail close to the wind
- verb: flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides“the sails luffed”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LUFFING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 U1 F4 F4 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In LUFFING
41 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.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (5)
4 letter words (9)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (8)
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