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4 LETTERS1 POINT[dʌf]

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Base Score

1

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Unique Letters

3

D F U

Two-Letter Start

DU

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Ending

FF

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  • 4 letters
  • 3 unique letters
  • DU start
  • FF ending
  • repeated letters

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  • duff is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
  • It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, f, u plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation

[dʌf][dʌf]

Definitions

  1. noun

    Dough.

  2. noun

    A stiff flour pudding, often with dried fruit, boiled in a cloth bag, or steamed.

  3. noun

    A pudding-style dessert, especially one made with plums.

  4. noun

    Decaying vegetable matter on the forest floor.

  5. noun

    Coal dust, especially that left after screening or combined with other small, unsaleable bits of coal.

  6. noun

    Fine and dry coal in small pieces, usually anthracite.

  7. noun

    A mixture of coal and rock.

  8. noun

    The bits left in the bottom of the bag after the booty has been consumed, like crumbs.

  9. noun

    Something spurious or fake; a counterfeit, a worthless thing.

  10. noun

    (1800s) An error.

  11. adjective

    Worthless; not working properly, defective.

    "Why do I always get a shopping trolley with duff wheels?"

  12. noun

    The buttocks.

  13. verb

    To disguise something to make it look new.

  14. verb

    To alter the branding of stolen cattle; to steal cattle.

  15. verb

    (with "up") To beat up.

    "I heard Nick got duffed up behind the shopping centre at the weekend."

  16. verb

    To hit the ground behind the ball.

  17. noun

    A large frame drum, resembling a tambourine, used to accompany popular and classical music in the Middle East.

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Synonyms

  • bum

Daily Appearances

2026-07-23

Verified answer

1 pts

F + C D E N O U