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Is fringe a Scrabble word?

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

F4R1I1N1G2E1

Is fringe a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4R1I1N1G2E1

Is fringe a Words With Friends word?

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

F4R1I1N2G3E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

FINGER,FRINGE,

5-letter words (9 found)

ERING,FEIGN,FINER,GREIN,GRIEF,INFER,NIGER,REIGN,RENIG,

4-letter words (20 found)

FENI,FERN,FIER,FINE,FIRE,FIRN,FRIG,GIEN,GIRN,GREN,GRIN,NEIF,NIEF,NIFE,REFI,REIF,REIN,RIFE,RINE,RING,

3-letter words (28 found)

ENG,ERF,ERG,ERN,FEG,FEN,FER,FIE,FIG,FIN,FIR,GEN,GER,GIE,GIF,GIN,ING,IRE,NEF,NEG,NIE,REF,REG,REI,REN,RIF,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EF,EN,ER,FE,GI,IF,IN,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 69 words from fringe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of fringe

fringe

Etymology

From Middle English frenge, from Old French frenge, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, a metathesis of Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”, plural), of uncertain origin. Compare German Franse and Danish frynse. Eclipsed native Middle English fnæd (“fringe”), Middle English byrd (“fringe”), Middle English fasel (“fringe”) from Old English fæs (“fringe”), and Old English fnæs (“fringe”). Doublet of fimbria.

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɹɪnd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndʒ

Noun

fringe (plural fringes)

  1. A decorative border.
  2. A marginal or peripheral part.
  3. Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
  4. The periphery of a town or city (or other area).
  5. (UK) Synonym of bangs: hair hanging over the forehead, especially a hairstyle where it is cut straight across.
  6. (physics) A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
    interference fringe
  7. Non-mainstream theatre.
    The Fringe; Edinburgh Fringe; Adelaide Fringe
  8. (botany) The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
  9. (golf) The area around the green
  10. (Australia) Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
  11. (television, radio) A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.

Synonyms

  • (members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views): fringe group
  • (periphery of a town or city): outskirts

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Adjective

fringe (comparative more fringe or fringer, superlative most fringe or fringest)

  1. Outside the mainstream.

Synonyms

  • alternative
  • nonmainstream

Translations

Verb

fringe (third-person singular simple present fringes, present participle fringing, simple past and past participle fringed)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with fringe.
  2. (transitive) To serve as a fringe.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Finger, finger

Source: wiktionary.org