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Is fierce a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fierce is a Scrabble US word. The word fierce is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

F4I1E1R1C3E1

Is fierce a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fierce is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

F4I1E1R1C3E1

Is fierce a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fierce is a Words With Friends word. The word fierce is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4I1E1R1C4E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

FIERCE,

5-letter words (1 found)

FIERE,

4-letter words (16 found)

CERE,CIRE,CREE,ERIC,FEER,FERE,FICE,FIER,FIRE,FREE,ICER,REEF,REFI,REIF,RICE,RIFE,

3-letter words (14 found)

CEE,ERE,ERF,FEE,FER,FIE,FIR,ICE,IRE,REC,REE,REF,REI,RIF,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EF,ER,FE,IF,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from fierce according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fierce

fierce

Etymology

From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɪəs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /fɪɹs/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /fɜː(ɹ)s/
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)s

Adjective

fierce (comparative fiercer or more fierce, superlative fiercest or most fierce)

  1. Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
  2. Resolute or strenuously active.
  3. Threatening in appearance or demeanor.
  4. (slang, Ireland, rustic) Excellent, very good.
  5. (slang, US, LGBT, fashion) Of exceptional quality, exhibiting boldness or chutzpah.

Synonyms

  • (exceedingly violent): incessive
  • (threatening in appearance or demeanor): incessive

Derived terms

Related terms

  • feral
  • ferocious

Translations

Adverb

fierce (not comparable)

  1. (slang, Ireland, rustic) Extremely; very.
    It was fierce cold last night.

References

  • “fierce”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “fierce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Recife

Source: wiktionary.org