stiff
ADJECTIVEADVERBNOUN
/stɪf/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S
stiff is a valid 5-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1T1I1F4F4
1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 4 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does stiff mean?
ADJECTIVE · 7 SENSES
1
Very drunk.
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2
Powerful.
“a stiff current”
“a stiff breeze”
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3
Incapable of or resistant to bending.
“a palace guardsman stiff as a poker”
“stiff hair”
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4
Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.
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5
Rigidly formal.
“the letter was stiff and formal”
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6
Having a strong physiological or chemical effect.
“a stiff drink”
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7
Not moving or operating freely.
“a stiff hinge”
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ADVERB · 1 SENSE
1
In a stiff manner.
“his hands lay stiffly”
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NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
The dead body of a human being.
“the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river”
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2
An ordinary man.
“a lucky stiff”
“a working stiff”
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