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Is ravine a Scrabble word?

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

R1A1V4I1N1E1

Is ravine a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1A1V4I1N1E1

Is ravine a Words With Friends word?

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

R1A1V5I1N2E1

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6-letter words (4 found)

AVENIR,NAIVER,RAVINE,VAINER,

5-letter words (11 found)

AIVER,AVINE,INVAR,NAEVI,NAIVE,RAINE,RAVEN,RAVIN,RIVEN,VAIRE,VINER,

4-letter words (29 found)

AINE,AIRN,AVER,EARN,EINA,NARE,NAVE,NEAR,NEVI,RAIN,RANI,RAVE,REAN,REIN,RINE,RIVA,RIVE,VAIN,VAIR,VANE,VARE,VEIN,VENA,VERA,VIAE,VIER,VINA,VINE,VIRE,

3-letter words (28 found)

AIN,AIR,ANE,ANI,ARE,AVE,EAN,EAR,ERA,ERN,IRE,NAE,NAV,NIE,RAI,RAN,RAV,REI,REN,REV,RIA,RIN,VAE,VAN,VAR,VIA,VIE,VIN,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AI,AN,AR,EA,EN,ER,IN,NA,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 84 words from ravine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ravine

ravine

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rə-vēnʹ, IPA(key): /ɹəˈviːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

ravine (plural ravines)

  1. A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
Derived terms
  • ravine-buck
  • ravined
  • ravine deer
Related terms
  • ravinement
Translations
See also
  • canyon
  • gorge
  • gulley, gully
  • valley

Etymology 2

From Middle English ravene, ravine, from Old French raviner (“rush, seize by force”), itself from ravine (“rapine”), from Latin rapīna (“plundering, loot”), itself from rapere (“seize, plunder, abduct”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹævɪn/

Noun

ravine (plural ravines)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of raven (“rapine, rapacity; prey, plunder”)

Further reading

  • ravine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:ravines on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • “ravine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Averni, Erivan, naiver, naïver, vainer

French

Etymology

From the Old French verb raviner (“flow with force; sweep down; pillage, cascade”), or from the noun ravine, raveine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna. Doublet of rapine, a borrowing from the same Latin term.

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: ravinent, ravines

Noun

ravine f (plural ravines)

  1. a small ravine or gully
  2. beginning of a furrowing or formation of a ravine

Related terms

  • ravin
  • raviner
  • ravinement

Verb

ravine

  1. inflection of raviner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French ravine, from Latin rapīna.

Noun

ravine m (definite singular ravinen, indefinite plural raviner, definite plural ravinene)

  1. gully (type of ravine)

References

  • “ravine” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “ravine” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French ravine, from Latin rapīna.

Noun

ravine m (definite singular ravinen, indefinite plural ravinar, definite plural ravinane)

  1. gully (type of ravine)

References

  • “ravine” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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