Bouffes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.
You can make 84 anagrams from letters in bouffes (beffosu).
French Italian buffa, feminine of buffo comic; see buffoon
Raymond Bonheur cursed wildly and tousled his hair like a bouffe artist.
I think we may, therefore, suppose this piece to be an English Opra bouffe.
Why, then, for my part, I suppose it is intended for a specimen of English Opra bouffe.
They were probably most of them serious, but some of the younger ones recognized the bouffe quality of their calling.