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Is ripple a Scrabble word?

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

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Is ripple a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1I1P3P3L1E1

Is ripple a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ripple is a Words With Friends word. The word ripple is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

LIPPER,RIPPLE,

5-letter words (4 found)

PERIL,PILER,PIPER,PLIER,

4-letter words (18 found)

LEIR,LERP,LIER,LIPE,LIRE,PERI,PERP,PIER,PILE,PIPE,PIRL,PLIE,PREP,REPP,RIEL,RILE,RIPE,RIPP,

3-letter words (15 found)

IRE,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIP,PEL,PEP,PER,PIE,PIP,PIR,PRE,REI,REP,RIP,

2-letter words (6 found)

EL,ER,LI,PE,PI,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 46 words from ripple according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ripple

ripple

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪp(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -ɪpəl

Etymology 1

From an alteration of rimple.

Noun

ripple (plural ripples)

  1. A moving disturbance, or undulation, in the surface of a fluid.
    I dropped a small stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread.
    The ebbing tide had left ripples in the sand.
  2. A sound similar to that of undulating water.
  3. A style of ice cream in which flavors have been coarsely blended together.
    I enjoy fudge ripple ice cream, but I especially like to dig through the carton to get at the ripple part and eat only that.
  4. (electronics) A small oscillation of an otherwise steady signal.
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Verb

ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)

  1. (intransitive) To move like the undulating surface of a body of water; to undulate.
  2. (intransitive) To propagate like a moving wave.
  3. (intransitive) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
  4. (transitive) To shape into a series of ripples.
  5. (transitive) To launch or unleash in rapid succession.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English *ripelen, repulen, equivalent to rip +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)

  1. (transitive) To scratch, tear, or break slightly; graze

References

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

Etymology 3

Compare German Low German Repel, Dutch repel, German Riffel, extended forms (with instrumental or diminutive -le) of Low German Repe (“ripple”), Dutch repe (“ripple”). Compare also Dutch repen, German reffen, Swedish repa (“to beat; ripple”).

The verb is from Middle English ripplen, rypelen. Compare Low German repelen, Dutch repelen, German riffeln.

Alternative forms

  • reeple, riple

Noun

ripple (plural ripples)

  1. (textiles) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc.
Related terms
  • hackle, brake, scutch, swingle
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Verb

ripple (third-person singular simple present ripples, present participle rippling, simple past and past participle rippled)

  1. To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple.

Anagrams

  • Prilep, Rippel

Source: wiktionary.org