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Is strife a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word strife is a Scrabble US word. The word strife is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1T1R1I1F4E1

Is strife a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word strife is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1T1R1I1F4E1

Is strife a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word strife is a Words With Friends word. The word strife is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1T1R1I1F4E1

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6-letter words (7 found)

FREITS,FRITES,REFITS,RESIFT,RIFEST,SIFTER,STRIFE,

5-letter words (26 found)

FEIST,FIERS,FIEST,FIRES,FIRST,FREIT,FRETS,FRIES,FRISE,FRIST,FRITS,REFIS,REFIT,REIFS,REIST,RESIT,RIFTE,RIFTS,RITES,SERIF,STIRE,TERFS,TIERS,TIRES,TREIF,TRIES,

4-letter words (43 found)

EFTS,ERST,FEIS,FEST,FETS,FIER,FIRE,FIRS,FIST,FITS,FRET,FRIS,FRIT,IRES,REFI,REFS,REFT,REIF,REIS,REST,RETS,RIFE,RIFS,RIFT,RISE,RITE,RITS,SEIF,SEIR,SERF,SIFT,SIRE,SITE,STIE,STIR,TEFS,TERF,TIER,TIES,TIRE,TREF,TRES,TRIE,

3-letter words (31 found)

EFS,EFT,ERF,ERS,EST,FER,FES,FET,FIE,FIR,FIT,IFS,IRE,ITS,REF,REI,RES,RET,RIF,RIT,SEI,SER,SET,SIF,SIR,SIT,SRI,TEF,TES,TIE,TIS,

2-letter words (13 found)

EF,ER,ES,ET,FE,IF,IS,IT,RE,SI,ST,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 121 words from strife according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of strife

strife

Etymology

From Middle English strif, stryf, striffe, from Old French estrif, noun derived from estriver, from Frankish *strīban; compare Dutch strijven. More at strive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɹaɪf/
  • Rhymes: -aɪf

Noun

strife (countable and uncountable, plural strifes)

  1. Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
  2. Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.
  3. Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.
    Synonyms: altercation, contention, discord, wrangle
    • 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xvii:
      A few observations about the interpretation of vows or pledges may not be out of place here. Interpretation of pledges has been a fruitful source of strife all the world over. No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purposes.
  4. (colloquial) A trouble of any kind.
  5. (obsolete) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

Derived terms

  • strifeful
  • strifeless
  • strife-ridden
  • trouble and strife

Related terms

  • strive

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

  • Fister, efrits, firest, firste, fister, freits, refits, resift, rifest, sifter

Source: wiktionary.org