Definitions for draff

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Spelling: [draf]
IPA: /dræf/

Draff is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 43 anagrams from letters in draff (adffr).

Definitions for draff

noun

  1. dregs, as in a brewing process; lees; refuse.

Origin of draff

1175-1225; Middle English draf; cognate with Icelandic, Dutch draf; akin to Dutch drab (see drab2), German Treber draff

Examples for draff

"Guid faith, it's a true sayin, 'The fat sow gets a' the draff,'" rejoined Janet.

In the result, Wallace's body was tossed over the wall into 'a draff midden,' presumably lifeless.

It may prove "nothing worth, mere chaff and draff much better burnt," but many friends have insisted they found it interesting.

They are the draff and offal of a bygone age, and we will not have them obtruded here.

draff, draf, n. dregs: the refuse of malt that has been brewed from.

This promontory seemed to serve as an appendix for the draff of the neighborhood's rubbish.

Tyrwhitt and Bell print drafty, explained by full of draff or refuse.

Word Value for draff
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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