Definition of turf

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• turf is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
• turf is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
• turf is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8

Definition of turf

• surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. greensward
  2. sod
  3. sward
• cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots (verb)
• range of jurisdiction or influence (noun)

  Examples

  1. a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system
• the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own (noun)

See definition of turf in Merriam Webster