Is BUFFALOING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BUFFALOING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 19 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BUFFALOING mean?
Buffaloing is a form of BUFFALO.
- noun
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
- noun
a city on Lake Erie in western New York (near Niagara Falls)
- noun
meat from an American bison
- noun
any of several Old World animals resembling oxen including, e.g., water buffalo; Cape buffalo
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
19
Scrabble
24
Words With Friends
10
Letters
B (3) + U (1) + F (4) + F (4) + A (1) + L (1) + O (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 19 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BUFFALOING
BUFFALOING has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BUFFALOING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- baffling17
- bluffing17
- baffing16
- boffing16
- buffing16
- buffalo15
- luffing14
- boffin14
- fabling13
- goniff13
- offing13
- blaff13
- bluff13
- buffi13
- buffo13
- bagful12
- gliff12
- baff12
- biff12
- boff12
- buff12
- foaling11
- fouling11
- gainful11
- loafing11
- fibula11
- luffa11
- offal11
- gaff11
- guff11
- flagon10
- fungal10
- ingulf10
- luff10
- naff10
- niff10
- nuff10
- offa10
- bagnio9
- baling9
- bluing9
- gabion9
- globin9
- goblin9
- infula9
- lubing9
- fagin9
- fling9
- flong9
- flung9
- fugal9
- fugio9
- fungi9
- fungo9
- ganof9
- gonif9
- flab9
- flub9
- aff9
- iff9
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