ranger

ranger is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
2. noun. That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve.
3. noun. A dog that beats the ground in search of game.
4. noun. One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.
5. noun. The keeper of a public park or forest; formerly, a sworn officer of a forest, appointed by the king's letters patent, whose business was to walk through the forest, recover beasts that had strayed beyond its limits, watch the deer, present trespasses to the next court held for the forest, etc.
6. noun. a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids

   Synonyms: commando

7. noun. an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest
8. noun. a member of the Texas state highway patrol; formerly a mounted lawman who maintained order on the frontier

Synonyms

commando

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ranger:

garner

Common word forms

rangers

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