8-Letter Words Starting With WHIFF
- 7 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With WHIFF
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words Starting With WHIFF 7 words
How common is WHIFF at the start of eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 7 eight-letter words that start with WHIFF. They average 20.3 points and the best is WHIFFING (21 points).
- Total words
- 7
- Average Scrabble score
- 20.3
- out of 21 max
- Everyday words
- 14%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- S
- 42.9% of words
Most common last letters
- s 42.9%
- r 28.6%
- d 14.3%
Top vowel pairs
- ie14.3%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with WHIFF
w 4h 4i 1f 4f 4i 1n 1g 2
W 4 + H 4 + I 1 + F 4 + F 4 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2 = 21 points
- Double word
- 42 pts
- Triple word
- 63 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
whiffing
Form of whiff
- verbperceive by inhaling through the nose“sniff the perfume”
- verbdrive or carry as if by a puff of air“The gust of air whiffed away the clouds”
- verbstrike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
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How many eight-letter words that start with WHIFF are there?
There are 7 eight-letter words that start with WHIFF in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with WHIFF?
WHIFFING is worth 21 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are WHIFFLED (21), WHIFFLER (20), WHIFFERS (20).
Which rare eight-letter words that start with WHIFF score well?
Uncommon but valid choices include WHIFFLED (21), WHIFFERS (20), WHIFFETS (20), WHIFFIER (20). Few players know them, so they can catch an opponent off guard.