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Is riff a Scrabble word?

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

R1I1F4F4

Is riff a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1I1F4F4

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Yes. The word riff is a Words With Friends word. The word riff is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

RIFF,

3-letter words (3 found)

FIR,IFF,RIF,

2-letter words (1 found)

IF,

You can make 5 words from riff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of riff

riff irff rfif frif ifrf firf riff irff rfif frif ifrf firf rffi frfi rffi frfi ffri ffri iffr fifr iffr fifr ffir ffir

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

Definitions and meaning of riff

riff

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪf/
  • Rhymes: -ɪf
  • Homophone: Rif

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of riffle, or an alteration of refrain.

Noun

riff (plural riffs)

  1. A repeated instrumental melody line in a song.
    Listen to one of the greatest guitar riffs of all time!
  2. A clever or witty remark.
  3. A variation on something.
  4. A spoof.
Translations

Verb

riff (third-person singular simple present riffs, present participle riffing, simple past and past participle riffed)

  1. To improvise in the performance or practice of an art, especially by expanding on or making novel use of traditional themes.
  2. To riffle.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *rif (found only in midrif), from Old English hrif (“the belly; womb”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrif, from Proto-Germanic *hrefaz (“body; torso; belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *krep- (“body”). Distant doublet of corpus, corpse, and corse.

Noun

riff (plural riffs)

  2. (anatomy, archaic) The belly; the bowels.
Derived terms
  • midriff

See also

  • riff-raff
  • riffraff

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English riff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɪf/
  • Hyphenation: riff
  • Rhymes: -ɪf
  • Homophone: rif

Noun

riff m (plural riffs, diminutive riffje n)

  1. (music) riff

Derived terms

  • gitaarriff

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English riff.

Noun

riff m (plural riffs)

  1. (music) riff

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English riff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrif/
  • Rhymes: -if
  • Hyphenation: rìff

Noun

riff m

  1. (music, neologism, chiefly in translations from English) riff
    Synonym: ritornello

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English riff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrif/ [ˈrif]
  • Rhymes: -if
  • Syllabification: riff

Noun

riff m (plural riffs)

  1. (music) riff

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.


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