REEF — 4 letter word
reef
The word reef has 4 letters: R, E, E, F. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Reef has 3 anagrams: feer, fere, free. As a noun, it means "one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind".
4 letter word "reef": R E E F — noun
Scrabble score: 7 Words With Friends score: 7
Letter analysis of reef
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| F | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
2 vowels, 2 consonants, 3 unique letters
Definition of reef
noun
- one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind
- a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
verb
- reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
- roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
- lower and bring partially inboard "reef the sailboat's mast"