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Is rife a Scrabble word?

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

R1I1F4E1

Is rife a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1I1F4E1

Is rife a Words With Friends word?

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

R1I1F4E1

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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 rife according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rife

rife

English

Etymology

From Middle English rife, from Old English rīfe, rȳfe (“rife, abundant, frequent”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīb, from Proto-Germanic *rībaz (“generous”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear (off), rip”). Cognate with West Frisian rju (“rife, much”), Dutch rijf (“abundant, copious”), Low German rive (“abundant, munificent”), Icelandic rífur (“rife, munificent”), Faroese ríviligur (“plentiful, abundant”), Faroese rívan (“abundantly”), Icelandic reifa (“to bestow”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹaɪf/
  • Rhymes: -aɪf

Adjective

rife (comparative rifer, superlative rifest)

  1. Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
  2. Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
  3. Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
  4. (obsolete) Having power; active; nimble.

Synonyms

  • (widespread): pandemic, ubiquitous; see also Thesaurus:widespread
  • (abounding, plentiful): filled; see also Thesaurus:plentiful

Derived terms

  • rifely
  • rifeness

Translations

Adverb

rife (comparative more rife, superlative most rife)

  1. Plentifully, abundantly.

Translations

Anagrams

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

Galician

Verb

rife

  1. inflection of rifar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

rife

  1. inflection of rifar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org