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Is reap a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word reap is a Scrabble US word. The word reap is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

R1E1A1P3

Is reap a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word reap is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

R1E1A1P3

Is reap a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word reap is a Words With Friends word. The word reap is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1A1P4

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4-letter words (5 found)

APER,PARE,PEAR,RAPE,REAP,

3-letter words (10 found)

APE,ARE,EAR,ERA,PAR,PEA,PER,PRE,RAP,REP,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AR,EA,ER,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 23 words from reap according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of reap

reap

English

Etymology

From Middle English repen, from Old English rēopan, rēpan, variants of Old English rīpan (“to reap”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpan, from Proto-Germanic *rīpaną (compare West Frisian repe, Norwegian ripa (“to score, scratch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rēp, IPA(key): /ɹiːp/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹip/
  • Rhymes: -iːp

Verb

reap (third-person singular simple present reaps, present participle reaping, simple past and past participle reaped or (obsolete) reapt)

  1. (transitive) To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine
  2. (transitive) To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting.
  3. (transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
  4. (transitive, computer science) To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive of the beard; to shave.
  6. (euphemistic, slang) rape

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Noun

reap (plural reaps)

  1. A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut.

Synonyms

  • (bundle of grain): sheaf

Translations

Anagrams

  • Earp, Pera, Rape, aper, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, rape

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