Is “Ruffs” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
RUFFS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Ruffs

noun
  1. 1.A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).

  2. 2.Anything formed with plaits or flutings like a frill.

  3. 3.Senses relating to animals.

verb
  1. 1.To shape (fabric, etc.) into a ruff; to adorn (a garment, etc.) with a ruff.

  2. 2.Of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to hit (the prey) without fixing or grabbing hold of it.

  3. 3.To ruffle; to disorder.

noun
  1. 1.Arripis georgianus, a fish found in cool waters off the southern coast of Australia; the Australian herring or tommy ruff.

  2. 2.A bottom-dwelling carnivorous fish of the family Sparidae found in temperate and tropical waters; a porgy or sea bream.

Synonyms: roughy

noun
  1. 1.An instance of ruffing, or an opportunity to ruff, when unable to follow suit.

  2. 2.A game similar to whist and its predecessor.