Definition of rifle

"rifle" in the noun sense

1. rifle

a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

"he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"

"rifle" in the verb sense

1. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

steal goods take as spoils

"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

2. rifle, go

go through in search of something search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

"Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

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Quotations for rifle

The birds, great Nature's happy commoners, that haunt in woods, in meads, and flowery gardens, rifle the sweets and taste the choicest fruits. [ Rowe ]

You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong. [ Bob Hagel ]

rifle in Scrabble®

The word rifle is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters rifle:

FILER
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FLIER
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In rifle

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rifle in Words With Friends™

The word rifle is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters rifle:

FLIER
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FILER
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In rifle

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Words containing the sequence rifle

Words with rifle in them (6 words)

Words that end with rifle (2 words)

Word Growth involving rifle

Shorter words in rifle

if

Longer words containing rifle

riflebird riflebirds

rifled trifled

rifled unrifled

rifleman riflemanship

riflemen

rifleproof

rifler riflers triflers

rifler riflery

rifler trifler triflers

rifles riflescope riflescopes

rifles rifleshot

rifles trifles

trifle trifled

trifle trifler triflers

trifle trifles