whiff
Whiff can refer to a short light gust of air, a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil, or a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike. As a verb, whiff can mean to perceive by inhaling through the nose, drive or carry as if by a puff of air, or strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third.
Length
5
Scrabble
17
WWF
16
Starts
WH
Ends
IFF
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “WHIFF” Mean?
whiff has 8 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
3 sensesa short light gust of air
Synonyms
a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
Verb
5 sensesdrive or carry as if by a puff of air
“The gust of air whiffed away the clouds”
strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
utter with a puff of air
“whiff out a prayer”
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
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Definition
a short light gust of air
Length
5 letters
Starts With
W
Ends With
F
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
W, H, I, F, F
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★WHIFF has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆WHIFF 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
★★★★☆WHIFF can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆WHIFF contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
4
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
W
Letter Pattern
ABCDD
CV Pattern
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
WH, HI, IF, FF
Trigrams
WHI, HIF, IFF
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