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Is safe a Scrabble word?

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

S1A1F4E1

Is safe a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1A1F4E1

Is safe a Words With Friends word?

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

S1A1F4E1

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Valid words made from Safe

You can make 16 words from 'safe' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'safe'

SAFE 7 

3 letters words from 'safe'

EAS 3EFS 6
FAE 6FAS 6
FES 6SAE 3
SEA 3 

2 letters words from 'safe'

AE 2AS 2
EA 2EF 5
ES 2FA 5
FE 5 

All 4 letters words made out of safe

safe asfe sfae fsae afse fase saef asef seaf esaf aesf easf sfea fsea sefa esfa fesa efsa afes faes aefs eafs feas efas

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

Definitions and meaning of safe

safe

Etymology

From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sāf, IPA(key): /seɪf/
  • Rhymes: -eɪf
  • Hyphenation: safe

Adjective

safe (comparative safer or more safe, superlative safest or most safe)

  1. Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
  2. Free from risk.
    Synonyms: riskless, harmless
    Antonyms: harmful, dangerous
  3. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
  4. (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
  5. Properly secured.
    Synonym: secure
    Hyponyms: binary-safe, fail-safe, thread-safe, type-safe
  6. (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
  7. (Britain, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
    Synonyms: wicked, cool; see also Thesaurus:awesome
  8. (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
    Synonyms: easy-going, merciful, tolerant, lenient
    Antonyms: strict, harsh, intolerant
  9. Reliable; trusty.
    Synonym: trustworthy
  10. Cautious.
  11. (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.

Antonyms

  • unsafe

Translations

Noun

safe (plural safes)

  1. A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
  2. (slang) A condom.
    • 1999, Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, Delta (1999), →ISBN, page 328:
      She'd better have an arsenal of Trojans in her purse just in case he wasn't carrying a safe in his back pocket.
  3. (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
  4. (dated, colloquial) A safety bicycle.

Synonyms

  • (box for storing valuables): coffer, lockbox, strongbox
  • (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom.

Hyponyms

  • failsafe

Translations

Verb

safe (third-person singular simple present safes, present participle safing, simple past and past participle safed)

  1. (transitive) To make something safe.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • better safe than sorry
  • Coolgardie safe

See also

  • save
  • safety

References

  • safe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

  • safe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • safe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
  • safe at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • EFAs, FAEs, faes

Hausa

Adverb

sāfe

  1. in the morning

Middle English

Adjective

safe

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Preposition

safe

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Conjunction

safe

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Portuguese

Verb

safe

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of safar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of safar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of safar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of safar

Source: wiktionary.org
  • SAFARI, to go on a hunting expedition.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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