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Is bribe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bribe is a Scrabble US word. The word bribe is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is bribe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bribe is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word bribe is a Words With Friends word. The word bribe is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (1 found)

BRIBE,

4-letter words (4 found)

BIBE,BIER,BREI,BRIE,

3-letter words (6 found)

BIB,EBB,IRE,REB,REI,RIB,

2-letter words (4 found)

BE,BI,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from bribe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bribe

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Definitions and meaning of bribe

bribe

Etymology

From Old French briber (“go begging”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: brīb, IPA(key): /bɹaɪb/
  • Rhymes: -aɪb

Noun

bribe (plural bribes)

  1. Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to breaking the law.
    • c. 1613-1625, Henry Hobart, Yardly v. Ellill
      Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe.
  2. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:bribe

Derived terms

  • bribeless
  • bribeproof
  • bribetaking

Translations

Verb

bribe (third-person singular simple present bribes, present participle bribing, simple past and past participle bribed)

  1. (transitive) To give a bribe to; specifically, to ask a person to do something against his/her original will, in exchange for some type of reward or relief from potential trouble.
    • October 23, 1848, Frederick William Robertson, an address delivered at the Opening of The Working Men's Institute
      Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
  2. (transitive) To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • ribbe

French

Etymology

Imitative. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁib/
  • Rhymes: -ib

Noun

bribe f (plural bribes)

  1. (obsolete) crumb (of bread)
  2. scrap, bit

Further reading

  • “bribe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org