Definitions for rife

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Spelling: [rahyf]
IPA: /raɪf/

Rife is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in rife (efir).

Definitions for rife

adjective

  1. of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
  2. current in speech or report:
  3. abundant, plentiful, or numerous.
  4. abounding (usually followed by with).

Origin of rife

before 1150; Middle English; Old English rīfe; cognate with Middle Dutch rijf abundant, Old Norse rīfr

Examples for rife

(Referenda tend to be expensive, rife with misinformation, and favorable to extreme positions).

Speculation was rife as to who would inherit the estate which he left behind him.

Adding insult to injury for these ethnically distinct residents, discrimination and racism are rife on a daily basis.

It is all a result of segregated communities where illiteracy is rife and the men think they can get away with anything.

Such symptoms, when a disease of the kind is rife, are usually the signs of sickening.

The banlieue setting is rough and rife with violence and drug trafficking.

So this is the little maid of whom wonderful rumours are so rife?

The years between 26 and 34 are rife with those kinds of life changes so heavy they earn moniker of “milestones.”

Assassinations and pillage are too rife to make absence easy.

The speculations which once would have been rife enough, were now silent.

Word Value for rife
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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