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Is sheriff a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sheriff is a Scrabble US word. The word sheriff is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is sheriff a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sheriff is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Is sheriff a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sheriff is a Words With Friends word. The word sheriff is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

SHERIFF,

6-letter words (3 found)

FIFERS,FISHER,SHERIF,

5-letter words (18 found)

FIEFS,FIERS,FIFER,FIFES,FIRES,FRESH,FRIES,FRISE,HEIRS,HIRES,REFIS,REIFS,RHIES,RIFFS,SEHRI,SERIF,SHIER,SHIRE,

4-letter words (32 found)

EFFS,EISH,FEHS,FEIS,FIEF,FIER,FIFE,FIRE,FIRS,FISH,FRIS,HEIR,HERS,HIES,HIRE,IRES,REFI,REFS,REHS,REIF,REIS,RESH,RIFE,RIFF,RIFS,RISE,SEIF,SEIR,SERF,SHIR,SHRI,SIRE,

3-letter words (29 found)

EFF,EFS,EHS,ERF,ERS,FEH,FER,FES,FIE,FIR,HER,HES,HIE,HIS,IFF,IFS,IRE,ISH,REF,REH,REI,RES,RIF,SEI,SER,SHE,SIF,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (12 found)

EF,EH,ER,ES,FE,HE,HI,IF,IS,RE,SH,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 96 words from sheriff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sheriff

sheriff

Alternative forms

  • sherriff, shrieve (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English shirreve, from Old English sċīrġerēfa, corresponding to shire +‎ reeve. There is no etymological connection to Sharif (شَرِيف (šarīf)), an Arabic title of honour that has cognates in other languages including Hindi, Urdu, Portuguese, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛɹɪf/, /ˈʃɛɹəf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹɪf, -ɛɹəf

Noun

sheriff (plural sheriffs)

  1. (British, except Scotland) (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
  2. (Scotland) A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
  3. (US) A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

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Verb

sheriff (third-person singular simple present sheriffs, present participle sheriffing, simple past and past participle sheriffed)

  1. (transitive) To carry out the duties of a sheriff. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

See also

  • hatti-sherif (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • Shiffer

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sheriff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeɾif/ [ˈʃe.ɾif]
  • Rhymes: -eɾif
  • Syllabification: she‧riff

Noun

sheriff m (plural sheriffs)

  1. sheriff (all senses)
    Synonym: alguacil

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “sheriff”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org