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Is reeve a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word reeve is a Scrabble US word. The word reeve is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is reeve a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word reeve is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

R1E1E1V4E1

Is reeve a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word reeve is a Words With Friends word. The word reeve is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1E1V5E1

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5-letter words (1 found)

REEVE,

4-letter words (3 found)

EREV,EVER,VEER,

3-letter words (5 found)

ERE,EVE,REE,REV,VEE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EE,ER,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from reeve according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of reeve

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

Definitions and meaning of reeve

reeve

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːv/
  • Rhymes: -iːv
  • Homophone: reave

Etymology 1

From Middle English reve, from Old English rēfa, an aphetism of ġerēfa (also groefa), from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō (“officer, official”). Compare Danish greve, Swedish greve, Dutch graaf, German Graf.

The role, and eventually the word, was mostly replaced by bailiff, of Anglo-Norman origin.

Alternative forms

  • reve (obsolete)

Noun

reeve (plural reeves)

  1. (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
  2. (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.
  3. (military, historical) The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
Synonyms
  • (medieval official): provost
Derived terms
Related terms
  • sheriff
Translations

See also

  • bailiff

Etymology 2

Apparent alternative form of reef (“to pull or yank strongly”, verb) or from Dutch reven (“to take in, insert”).

Verb

reeve (third-person singular simple present reeves, present participle reeving, simple past and past participle reeved or rove)

  1. (nautical, dialect) To pass (a rope) through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it.

Etymology 3

Variant of dialectal ree, but of obscure ultimate origin.

Noun

reeve (plural reeves)

  2. A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.

Anagrams

  • evere

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

reeve

  1. Alternative form of reve

Etymology 2

Verb

reeve

  1. Alternative form of reven

Source: wiktionary.org