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Is fife a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fife is a Scrabble US word. The word fife is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

F4I1F4E1

Is fife a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fife is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

F4I1F4E1

Is fife a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fife is a Words With Friends word. The word fife is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4I1F4E1

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4-letter words (2 found)

FIEF,FIFE,

3-letter words (3 found)

EFF,FIE,IFF,

2-letter words (3 found)

EF,FE,IF,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 9 words from fife according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fife

fife iffe ffie ffie iffe fife fief ifef feif efif ieff eiff ffei ffei fefi effi fefi effi ifef fief ieff eiff feif efif

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fife. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fife.

Definitions and meaning of fife

fife

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɪf/
  • Rhymes: -aɪf

Etymology 1

From German Pfeife (“whistle, smocking pipe”). Doublet of pipe.

Noun

fife (plural fifes)

  1. A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

fife (third-person singular simple present fifes, present participle fifing, simple past and past participle fifed)

  1. To play this instrument.

Etymology 2

Numeral

fife

  1. Used instead of five in radio communications to avoid confusion with fire.

See also

  • niner

Anagrams

  • fief

Finnish

Etymology

From English fife.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfife/, [ˈfife̞]
  • Rhymes: -ife
  • Syllabification(key): fi‧fe

Noun

fife

  1. (music) fife

Declension

Synonyms

  • fife-huilu
  • sveitsinhuilu

Italian

Noun

fife f

  1. plural of fifa

Source: wiktionary.org