rifle: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 8 letter points · starts with R · ends with E
Meaning of rifle
noun
A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.
A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
- dated, plural-normally
A rifleman.
Listed forms: rifles.
Source: Wiktionary — rifle.
verb
- intransitive
To quickly search through many items (such as papers, the contents of a drawer, a pile of clothing).
Example: She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
- intransitive
To commit robbery or theft.
- transitive
To search with intent to steal.
- transitive
To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
Listed forms: rifles, rifling, rifled.
Source: Wiktionary — rifle.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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verb
steal goods; take as spoils
verb
go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rifle in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rifle
R(1) + I(1) + F(4) + L(1) + E(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of rifle
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from rifle
23 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rifle. Showing up to 24, longest first.