Definition of gruff

"gruff" in the adjective sense

1. crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured

brusque and surly and forbidding

"crusty remarks"

"a crusty old man"

"his curmudgeonly temper"

"gruff manner"

"a gruff reply"

2. gruff, hoarse, husky

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

"gruff voices"

"the dog's gruff barking"

"hoarse cries"

"makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

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Quotations for gruff

Words are freeborn, and not the vassals of the gruff tyrants of prose to do their bidding only. They have the same right to dance and sing as the dewdrops have to sparkle and the stars to shine. [ Abraham Coles ]

gruff in Scrabble®

The word gruff is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters gruff:

GRUFF
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word gruff

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The 104 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In gruff

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gruff in Words With Friends™

The word gruff is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters gruff:

GRUFF
(66)
GRUFF
(66)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word gruff

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The 122 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In gruff

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Words within the letters of gruff

3 letter words in gruff (2 words)

4 letter words in gruff (2 words)

5 letter words in gruff (1 word)

gruff + 1 blank (2 words)

gruff + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence gruff

Words with gruff in them (1 word)

Words that end with gruff (1 word)

Word Growth involving gruff

Shorter words in gruff

ruff

Longer words containing gruff

gruffed

gruffer

gruffest

gruffier

gruffiest

gruffily

gruffiness

gruffing

gruffish

gruffly

gruffness

gruffs

gruffy