reply

reply is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
2. intransitive verb. To answer a defendant's plea.
3. intransitive verb. Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
4. transitive verb. To return for an answer.
5. intransitive verb. That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response.
6. noun. a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

   "I waited several days for his answer"

   "he wrote replies to several of his critics"

   Synonyms: answer, response

7. noun. the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange

   "he growled his reply"

   Synonyms: response

8. verb. react verbally

   "She didn't want to answer"

   "answer the question"

   Synonyms: answer, respond

Synonyms

answer, response, respond

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in reply:

lepry, plyer

Common word forms

replied, replier, replies, replying

Words from these letters

If you are holding these tiles, the unscrambler for REPLY lists every valid word you can make from the same letters, including shorter plays.