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Is reif a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word reif is a Scrabble US word. The word reif is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is reif a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word reif is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (5 found)

FIER,FIRE,REFI,REIF,RIFE,

3-letter words (8 found)

ERF,FER,FIE,FIR,IRE,REF,REI,RIF,

2-letter words (5 found)

EF,ER,FE,IF,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from reif according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of reif

reif erif rief iref eirf ierf refi erfi rfei frei efri feri rife irfe rfie frie ifre fire eifr iefr efir feir ifer fier

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

Definitions and meaning of reif

reif

Alternative forms

  • rief

Etymology

From Middle English ref, reaf, reif, from Old English rēaf (“plunder, spoil, booty, raiment, garment, robe, vestment, armor”), from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubą, *raubaz (“rape, robbery”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to rip, tear”).

Cognate with Scots reif, rief (“robbery, depredation, spoliation”), Saterland Frisian roowje (“loot, rob”), Dutch roof (“spoil, booty, robbery”), German Raub (“robbery, spoils, plunder”). See also reave, robe.

Noun

reif (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) Robbery.
    • c. 1524, a letter, recorded in The History of Scotland (John Hill Burton, 1873), volume 3, page 109:
      The opposition, which, as we shall see, was headed by Archbishop Beaton, protested against the "daily slaughters, murders, reifs, thefts, depredations, and heavy attemptates, that are daily and hourly committed within this realm in fault of justice."
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:reif.

References

  • “reif”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • -fier, FIRE, Fier, Frie, fier, fire, refi, rief, rife

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rīfe, from Old High German rīfi, akin to Old Saxon rīpi (Modern Dutch rijp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁaɪ̯f/

Adjective

reif (strong nominative masculine singular reifer, comparative reifer, superlative am reifsten)

  1. ripe
    Die Rüben sind reif zum Ernten. ― The turnips are ripe/ready to harvest.
  2. mature
    Sie ist für ihr Alter sehr reif. ― She's very mature for her age.
  3. fit
    Er ist reif fürs Irrenhaus. ― He's fit for the loony bin.

Declension

Antonyms

  • unreif

Related terms

  • Reife

Further reading

  • “reif” in Duden online
  • “reif” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “reif”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Icelandic

Verb

reif

  1. first-person singular past indicative of rífa
  2. third-person singular past indicative of rífa

Luxembourgish

Verb

reif

  1. second-person singular imperative of reiwen

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • reaf, ræf, ref, reve, raf, ræve, rave, reafe

Etymology

From Old English rēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz, *raubą, *raubō. Doublet of robe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛːf/, /rɛːv/

Noun

reif (plural reves)

  1. A piece of clothing or gear, especially priestly.
  2. (rare) pillaging, looting; intense destruction.
  3. (rare) loot, spoils; the fruit of success.
  4. (rare) destructiveness; the quality of being damaging.

Descendants

  • English: reif, reaf, rief
  • Scots: reif, rief, reiff, refe, ref

References

  • “rēf, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-17.
  • “rēf, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-17.

Scots

Alternative forms

  • rief, reiff, refe, ref

Etymology

From Middle English reif, from Old English rēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz.

Noun

reif

  1. robbery

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