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Is robe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word robe is a Scrabble US word. The word robe is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (2 found)

BORE,ROBE,

3-letter words (9 found)

BOR,BRO,OBE,ORB,ORE,REB,REO,ROB,ROE,

2-letter words (7 found)

BE,BO,ER,OB,OE,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from robe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of robe

robe orbe rboe broe obre bore roeb oreb reob erob oerb eorb rbeo breo rebo erbo bero ebro ober boer oebr eobr beor ebor

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

Definitions and meaning of robe

robe

Etymology

From Middle English robe, roobe, from Old French robe, robbe, reube (booty, spoils of war, robe, garment), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (booty, spoils, stolen clothes, literally things taken), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (booty, that which is stripped or carried away), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (to tear, peel).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəʊb/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹoʊb/
  • Rhymes: -əʊb

Noun

robe (plural robes)

  1. A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
  2. (US) The skin of an animal, especially the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
  3. A wardrobe, especially one built into a bedroom.
  4. The largest and strongest tobacco leaves.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: róba
  • Scottish Gaelic: ròb

Translations

Verb

robe (third-person singular simple present robes, present participle robing, simple past and past participle robed)

  1. (transitive) To clothe; to dress.
  2. (intransitive) To put on official vestments.

Synonyms

  • (to clothe): dight, don, put on; see also Thesaurus:clothe

Derived terms

  • berobed

Anagrams

  • Bero, Boer, Ebor, Ebro, bore

Asturian

Verb

robe

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of robar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of robar

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrobɛ]
  • Rhymes: -obɛ
  • Hyphenation: ro‧be

Noun

robe m

  1. vocative singular of rob

Anagrams

  • bore, oreb

Dutch

Etymology

From French robe.

Pronunciation

Noun

robe f (plural roben or robes, diminutive robetje n)

  1. gown, robe

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Proto-Germanic *raubō (booty), later "stolen clothing".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔb/

Noun

robe f (plural robes)

  1. dress, frock
  2. fur, coat (of an animal)
  3. wine's colour

Hypernyms

  • habit
  • vêtement

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: robe
  • German: Robe
    • Czech: róba
  • Romanian: robă f
  • Turkish: rop

See also

  • Les couleurs de la robe d'un cheval /The colors of horses' hair/ : alezan, aubère, bai, blanc, crème, gris, isabelle, noir, palomino, pie, rouan, souris.

Further reading

  • “robe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • bore, orbe

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.be/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbe
  • Hyphenation: rò‧be

Noun

robe f

  1. plural of roba

Anagrams

  • ebro, orbe

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • roobe, rob, robbe

Etymology

From Old French robe, from Frankish *rouba, *rauba, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą. Doublet of reif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔːb(ə)/, /ˈrɔb(ə)/

Noun

robe (plural robes)

  1. robe (long loose garment):
    1. A robe as a symbol of rank or office.
    2. A robe as a spoil or booty of war; a robe given as a gift.
  2. (as a plural) The garments an individual is wearing.

Derived terms

  • roben
  • warderobe

Descendants

  • English: robe
    • Irish: róba
    • Scottish Gaelic: ròb
  • Scots: robe

References

  • “rō̆be, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French robe, robbe, reube (booty, spoils of war; robe, garment), from Frankish *rouba, *rauba (booty, spoils, stolen clothes, literally things taken), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (booty, that which is stripped or carried away), from Proto-Indo-European *reup- (to tear, peel).

Noun

robe f (plural robes)

  1. (Jersey) dress
    Synonym: fro
  2. (Jersey) robe

Old French

Alternative forms

  • robbe, reube

Etymology

From Frankish *rouba, *rauba (booty, spoils, stolen clothes, literally things taken), from Proto-Germanic *raubō, *raubaz, *raubą (booty, that which is stripped or carried away).

Noun

robe oblique singularf (oblique plural robes, nominative singular robe, nominative plural robes)

  1. booty; spoils (chiefly of war)
  2. piece of clothing

Related terms

  • robeor
  • rober

Descendants

  • Middle French: robe
    • French: robe
      • Dutch: robe
      • German: Robe
        • Czech: róba
      • Romanian: robă f
      • Turkish: rop
  • Norman: robe
  • Middle English: robe, roobe, rob, robbe
    • English: robe
      • Irish: róba
      • Scottish Gaelic: ròb
    • Scots: robe

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (robe)

Portuguese

Etymology

From French robe [de chambre].

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧be

Noun

robe m (plural robes)

  1. dressing gown
    Synonym: roupão

References

Spanish

Verb

robe

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

Source: wiktionary.org