spiffy

Plural: spiffies

Adjective Satellite

marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

Adj

Dapper; fine or neat, especially in style of clothing or other appearance.

Noun

A dapper person.

Adjective

Smart, stylish, and neat in appearance.

Examples

That six-letter word ending with a ’Y’ looked quite SPIFFY on the Scrabble board.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown. Attested in print from 1852 (see quotations below). Compare the noun spiff, attested from 1859, as well as spiffing (1872) and spiffed (1881), suggesting participle forms of a related verb. Compare also spiv (“a smartly-dressed criminal”), attested from the 20th century.

Synonyms

dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spruce, snazzy, spiffing, spivvy

Scrabble Score: 17

spiffy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
spiffy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
spiffy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

spiffy: valid Words With Friends Word