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Is reside a Scrabble word?

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

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Is reside a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1S1I1D2E1

Is reside a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (3 found)

DESIRE,EIDERS,RESIDE,

5-letter words (15 found)

DEERS,DERES,DREES,DRIES,EIDER,IDEES,REDES,REEDS,RESID,RIDES,SEDER,SERED,SIDER,SIRED,SIREE,

4-letter words (28 found)

DEER,DEES,DERE,DESI,DIES,DIRE,DREE,EIDE,ERED,ERES,IDEE,IDES,IRED,IRES,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,REIS,RIDE,RIDS,RISE,SEED,SEER,SEIR,SERE,SIDE,SIRE,

3-letter words (21 found)

DEE,DEI,DIE,DIS,EDS,ERE,ERS,IDE,IDS,IRE,RED,REE,REI,RES,RID,SED,SEE,SEI,SER,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ER,ES,ID,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 78 words from reside according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of reside

reside

Etymology

From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzaɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd
  • Hyphenation: re‧side

Verb

reside (third-person singular simple present resides, present participle residing, simple past and past participle resided)

  1. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.
  2. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
  3. To sink; to settle, as sediment.
    • a. 1729, William Congreve, “The Birth of the Muse”, in The Works of Mr. William Congreve, volume III, London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Drape, published 1753, page 222:
      […] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.

Related terms

  • coreside
  • residence
  • residency
  • resident
  • residential

Translations

See also

  • abide
  • dwell
  • live
  • stay

Further reading

  • “reside”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “reside”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “reside”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Seider, desier, desire, eiders, eresid, redies

Latin

Verb

residē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of resideō

Portuguese

Verb

reside

  1. inflection of residir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

reside

  1. inflection of residir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org