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Is rifling a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rifling is a Scrabble US word. The word rifling is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

R1I1F4L1I1N1G2

Is rifling a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rifling is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

R1I1F4L1I1N1G2

Is rifling a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rifling is a Words With Friends word. The word rifling is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

RIFLING,

6-letter words (4 found)

FILING,FIRING,RIGLIN,RILING,

5-letter words (2 found)

FLING,IRING,

4-letter words (11 found)

FINI,FIRN,FLIR,FRIG,GIRL,GIRN,GRIN,LING,LIRI,NIRL,RING,

3-letter words (13 found)

FIG,FIL,FIN,FIR,GIF,GIN,ING,LIG,LIN,NIL,RIF,RIG,RIN,

2-letter words (4 found)

GI,IF,IN,LI,

You can make 35 words from rifling according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rifling

rifling

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪflɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪflɪŋ

Noun

rifling (plural riflings)

  1. (military) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
  2. (military) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
  3. (card games) The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.

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Verb

rifling

  1. present participle and gerund of rifle

References

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

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