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Is refuge a Scrabble word?

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

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Is refuge a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is refuge a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

REFUGE,

5-letter words (1 found)

GRUFE,

4-letter words (11 found)

EGER,EUGE,FEER,FERE,FREE,FRUG,GERE,GREE,GRUE,REEF,URGE,

3-letter words (19 found)

ERE,ERF,ERG,FEE,FEG,FER,FEU,FUG,FUR,GEE,GER,GUE,GUR,REE,REF,REG,RUE,RUG,URE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EF,ER,FE,FU,GU,RE,UG,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 42 words from refuge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of refuge

refuge

Etymology

From Middle English refuge, from Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugiō (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛfjuːd͡ʒ/

Noun

refuge (countable and uncountable, plural refuges)

  1. A state of safety, protection or shelter.
  2. A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
  3. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
  4. An expedient to secure protection or defence.
  5. A refuge island.

Synonyms

  • haven
  • sanctuary
  • zoar

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

refuge (third-person singular simple present refuges, present participle refuging, simple past and past participle refuged)

  1. (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Fugere

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin refugium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.fyʒ/

Noun

refuge m (plural refuges)

  1. refuge

Related terms

  • réfugier

Descendants

  • → Turkish: refüj

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

refuge

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of refugiō

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • reffuge, reyfuge

Etymology

From Old French refuge, from Latin refūgium. Compare refute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛˈfiu̯d͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

refuge (plural refuges)

  1. refuge (state or means of protection)
  2. refuge (place of protection)
  3. A protector; one who protects or safeguards.

Descendants

  • English: refuge

References

  • “refū̆ǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • reffuge, refiuge, refuje

Etymology

From Latin refugium. Doublet of refui.

Noun

refuge oblique singular, m (oblique plural refuges, nominative singular refuges, nominative plural refuge)

  1. a refuge
  2. (figuratively) a protector or savior

Descendants

  • French: refuge
    • → Turkish: refüj
  • → Middle English: refuge, reffuge, reyfuge
    • English: refuge

Source: wiktionary.org