luff

/ləf/ verbnoun

4 letters1 syllable10 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS4

VERB

Sail close to the wind.

Flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides.

“the sails luffed”

NOUN

(nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast.

The act of sailing close to the wind.

WORD FORMS

Starts withL

Ends withF

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®10 points

Words With Friends®12 points

Double word20 points

Triple word30 points

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Starts & ends withL … F

Syllablesluff

SYNONYMS & RELATED1

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