Definition of rife

"rife" in the adjective sense

1. prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife

most frequent or common

"prevailing winds"

2. overabundant, plethoric, rife

excessively abundant

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Quotations for rife

Yet all I've learnt from hours rife
With painful brooding here,
Is, that amid this mortal strife.
The lapse of every year
But takes away a hope from life.
And adds to death a fear. [ Hoffman ]

'Tis a stern and a startling thing to think
How often mortality stands on the brink
Of its grave without any misgiving;
And yet in this slippery world of strife,
In the stir of human bustle so rife.
There are daily sounds to tell us that Life
Is dying, and Death is living! [ Hood ]

rife in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters rife:

FIRE
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rife in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters rife:

FIRE
(45)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word rife

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Word Growth involving rife

Shorter words in rife

if

Longer words containing rife

rifer antheriferous

rifer auriferous

rifer cirriferous noncirriferous

rifer cupriferous

rifer electriferous

rifer esteriferous

rifer ferriferous

rifer nectariferous

rifer odoriferous odoriferously

rifer odoriferous odoriferousness

rifer sacchariferous

rifer soporiferous soporiferously

rifer soporiferous soporiferousness

rifer sporiferous

rifer sudoriferous

rifer telluriferous

rifer yttriferous

strife loosestrife loosestrifes

strife strifeful

strife strifeless

strife strifemaker strifemakers

strife strifemaking

strife strifemonger strifemongers

strife strifeproof

strife strifes loosestrifes