Definitions For Triffid
Noun
TRIFFID (plural TRIFFIDs) A fictional plant, able to move around and kill people with a poisonous stinger (colloquial) Any of the anemones of the genus aiptasia with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria. Any large, fast-growing and hard-to-remove weed, such as the flowering shrub Chromolaena odorata.Translations
Catalan: trífid, m French: triffide, m German: Triffid, f Italian: trifido, m Serbo-Croatian: трифид, m (trifid, sc=Cyrl) Spanish: trífido, mEtymology
Coined by w:john wyndham, john wyndham for his 1951 novel w:the day of the triffids, the day of the triffids, by alteration of the botanical term trifid, , having three lobes.Is Triffid a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
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Scrabble UK
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English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
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Points in Different Games
Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
14
The word Triffid is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends