rip: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 5 letter points · starts with R · ends with P
Meaning of rip
verb
- transitive
To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
Example: to rip a garment; to rip up a floor
- intransitive
To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
Example: My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.
- transitive
To remove violently or wrongly.
Example: A child untimely ripped from its parents' arms.
- transitive
To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
Listed forms: rips, ripping, ripped.
Source: Wiktionary — rip.
noun
A tear (in paper, etc.).
- Australia, New-Zealand
A type of strong, rough tide or current. A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
- in-plural
A type of strong, rough tide or current. A tract of broken water (in a river or stream), particularly one which is not as rough as rapids.
- slang
A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
Listed forms: rips.
Source: Wiktionary — rip.
noun
- colloquial, dated, regional
A worthless horse; a nag.
- colloquial, dated, regional
An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.
Listed forms: rips.
Source: Wiktionary — rip.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for rip.
noun
a dissolute man in fashionable society
noun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
noun
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
noun
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rip in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rip
R(1) + I(1) + P(3) = 5 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 rip
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from rip
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rip. Showing up to 24, longest first.