Definition of tribe

"tribe" in the noun sense

1. tribe, folk

a social division of (usually preliterate) people

2. tribe, federation of tribes

a federation (as of American Indians)

3. tribe

biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

4. kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe

group of people related by blood or marriage

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Quotations for tribe

His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen. [ Dryden ]

Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. [ William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice ]

Void of all honor, avaricious, rash.
The daring tribe compound their boasted trash -
Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill:
All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill. [ Crabbe ]

The first want of any maritime tribe, or people, is commerce by navigation. [ Olive R. Seward ]

The sun had not risen, but the vault of heaven was rich with the winning softness that brings and shuts the day, while the whole air was filled with the carols of birds, the hymns of the feathered tribe. [ James Fenimore Cooper ]

An artist that works in marble or colors has them all to himself and his tribe: but the man who moulds his thoughts in verse has to employ the materials vulgarized by everybody's use, and glorify them by his handling. [ O. W. Holmes ]

Metaphysicians have been learning their lessons for the last four thousand years, and it is high time that they should now begin to teach us something. Can any of the tribe inform us why all the operations of the mind are carried on with undiminished strength and activity in dreams, except the judgment, which alone is suspended and dormant? [ Colton ]

tribe in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters tribe:

TRIBE
(30)
BITER
(30)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word tribe

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In tribe

TRIBE
(30)
BITER
(30)
BRIE
(27)
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(27)
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(26)
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(24)
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tribe in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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

BITER
(48)
TRIBE
(48)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word tribe

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In tribe

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(48)
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(48)
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(45)
BITE
(45)
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(32)
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(32)
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(32)
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(32)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(30)
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(27)
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Words containing the sequence tribe

Words with tribe in them (2 words)

Words that end with tribe (2 words)

Word Growth involving tribe

Shorter words in tribe

be

rib

Longer words containing tribe

diatribe diatribes

tribeless

tribelike

tribenzoyl

tribenzylsilyl

tribes diatribes

tribes tribesman tribesmanship

tribes tribesmen

tribes tribeswoman

tribes tribeswomen