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Puffball

Q: What does puffball mean?

As a noun, puffball means “any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.

p ₃u ₁f ₄f ₄b ₃a ₁l ₁l ₁

About 2 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Less common

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does puffball mean?

noun

any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature
Synonymstrue puffball
any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles
Synonymsearthballfalse truffle

Is PUFFBALL a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is PUFFBALL worth?

Scrabble

18 pts

p ₃u ₁f ₄f ₄b ₃a ₁l ₁l ₁

Words With Friends

23 pts

p ₄u ₂f ₄f ₄b ₄a ₁l ₂l ₂

Wordfeud

21 pts

p ₄u ₂f ₄f ₄b ₄a ₁l ₁l ₁

NYT Crossplay

22 pts

p ₃u ₂f ₄f ₄b ₄a ₁l ₂l ₂

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in PUFFBALL

Best shorter words top 30 of 51

blaff 13 bluff 13 buffa 13 pluff 13 baff 12 buff 12 puff 12 lapful 11 luffa 11 ballup 10 luff 10 aff 9 flab 9 flap 9 flub 9 bapu 8 fab 8 fap 8 fub 8 bap 7 bulla 7 fall 7 full 7 lauf 7 pub 7 alf 6 auf 6 ball 6 balu 6 bull 6

See all 51 words made from PUFFBALL

Hooks for PUFFBALL

Add one letter to the front or back of PUFFBALL to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

puffballs

Words that end like PUFFBALL

Common words that share the ending -ALL, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -ALL

Puffball: quick answers

Is PUFFBALL a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. PUFFBALL is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 18 points before board bonuses.

How many points is PUFFBALL worth?

PUFFBALL scores 18 points in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends, 21 in Wordfeud and 22 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does puffball mean?

As a noun, puffball means “any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in PUFFBALL?

You can make 51 shorter words from PUFFBALL, such as BLAFF, BLUFF, BUFFA, PLUFF. See the full list.