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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:

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Is safe a Scrabble UK word?

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

SAFE,

3-letter words (7 found)

EAS,EFS,FAE,FAS,FES,SAE,SEA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AE,AS,EA,EF,ES,FA,FE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 16 words from safe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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-Italic *salwos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”). Displaced native Old English sicor (secure, sure).

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. (snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
  6. Properly secured.
    Synonym: secure
    Hyponyms: binary-safe, fail-safe, thread-safe, type-safe
  7. (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
  8. (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
    Synonyms: wicked, cool; see also Thesaurus:awesome
  9. (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
    Synonyms: easy-going, merciful, tolerant, lenient
    Antonyms: strict, harsh, intolerant
  10. Reliable; trusty.
    Synonym: trustworthy
  11. Cautious.
  12. (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.

Antonyms

  • unsafe

Descendants

  • → Japanese: セーフ

Translations

Noun

safe (plural safes)

  1. A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
  2. (slang) A condom.
  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

Descendants

  • → Russian: сейф (sejf)
    • → Kazakh: сейф (seif)
    • → Bulgarian: сейф (sejf)

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

See also

  • save
  • safety

References

  • safe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

  • “safe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “safe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “safe”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • EFAs, FAEs, faes

German

Etymology

English safe, originally borrowed in the context of safe sex (safer Sex, 1980s), later generalized.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛɪ̯f/, /seːf/, /zeːf/
  • Declension:
  • IPA(key): /sɛɪ̯fə/

Adjective

safe (strong nominative masculine singular safer, comparative safer, superlative am safesten)

  1. safe
    Synonym: sicher

Declension

Adverb

safe

  1. (youth slang) definitely, absolutely, sure
    Synonyms: sicher, auf jeden Fall
    "Willst du 'nen Film gucken?" -"Safe!" ― "Wanna watch a movie?" -"Sure!"
    Ich werde es safe vergessen. ― I'll definitely forget it.

Related terms

  • Safe

Further reading

  • “safe”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sáː.fé/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sáː.ɸé]

Adverb

sāfe

  1. in the morning

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

safe

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Preposition

safe

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Conjunction

safe

  1. Alternative form of sauf

Etymology 2

Verb

safe

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of saven

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -afi, (Portugal) -afɨ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧fe

Verb

safe

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

Romanian

Noun

safe n (plural safeuri)

  1. Alternative form of seif

Declension


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