Definitions for scruff

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Spelling: [skruhf]
IPA: /skrʌf/

Scruff is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in scruff (cffrsu).

Definitions for scruff

noun

  1. the nape or back of the neck.
  2. (in tin-plating) dross formed in the bath.

Origin of scruff

1780-90; variant of dial. scuff, scuft Dutch schoft horse's withers

Examples for scruff

So we adopted a more pressing plan, and coaxed him out by the scruff of his neck.

Bucky would drag you back by the scruff of the neck in two weeks.

She came to and tried to bite me, but I had her by the scruff of the neck and she couldn't.

When dinner-time came we had to be dragged in by the scruff of our necks.

He identifies as transgender on scruff but not always on Grindr.

scruff believes that sex is not the primary concern of users.

At the end of the month, participants, called Mo Bros and their supporters, Mo Sistas, shave their scruff and have a party.

He was as striking in person as he is on screen—thin, white v-neck t-shirt, two-day scruff, artful bedhead.

And with that he seized me again by the scruff of the neck and shook me.

Grasping the animal by the scruff of the neck, he tossed him into the standing-room.

Word Value for scruff
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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