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gruff

/ɡɹʌf/•adjective

Gruff is also used as adjective, with meanings including brusque and surly and forbidding.

2 meanings5 lettersScrabble 12

Length

Scrabble

WWF

Starts

Ends

UFF

Difficulty

Medium

Dictionary

What Does “GRUFF” Mean?

/ɡɹʌf/

gruff has 2 documented senses across adjective.

Adjective

2 senses

brusque and surly and forbidding

“crusty remarks”

“a crusty old man”

“his curmudgeonly temper”

“gruff manner”

Synonyms

crusty curmudgeonly

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

“gruff voices”

“the dog's gruff barking”

“hoarse cries”

“{'source': 'Virgil Thomson', 'text': 'makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky'}”

Synonyms

hoarse husky

Synonyms for GRUFF

crusty curmudgeonly hoarse husky

Scrabble Score

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Vowels

Consonants

Word Intelligence

Explore the word gruff with its definition, score, letter pattern, and useful word game details.

Definition

brusque and surly and forbidding

Length

5 letters

Starts With

Ends With

Vowels

Consonants

Letters

G, R, U, F, F

Use Case

Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.

Letter Breakdown

Word Facts

Key letter, score, and pattern facts for gruff.

GRUFF is a 5-letter word.

It has a Scrabble score of 12.

It starts with G and ends with F.

It contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

Its vowel share is about 20%.

It has 1 repeated letter.

It is not a palindrome.

Letter pattern: ABCDD.

Vowel/consonant pattern: CCVCC.

Word Strategy

Strategy notes for using gruff in Scrabble, Wordle-style games, crosswords, and anagram solving.

Scrabble Strategy

★★★★☆

GRUFF has a Scrabble score of 12. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.

Wordle Strategy

★★★★☆

GRUFF is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.

Crossword Strategy

★★★★☆

GRUFF can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.

Anagram Strategy

★★★☆☆

GRUFF contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.

Letter Intelligence

A deeper look at the letter structure, patterns, and useful game signals inside gruff.

Unique Letters

Repeated Letters

Highest Value Letter

Letter Pattern

ABCDD

CV Pattern

CCVCC

Vowel Share

20%

Consonant Share

80%

Bigrams

GR, RU, UF, FF

Trigrams

GRU, RUF, UFF

Crossword Intelligence

Crossword-style clues, crossing help, and pattern notes for gruff.

GRUFF is a 5-letter standard crossword entry.

It starts with G and ends with F, which helps narrow crossword crossings.

It contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants.

Its vowel/consonant pattern is CCVCC.

Crossword difficulty estimate: Medium.