rice

rice is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.
2. noun. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
3. noun. United States playwright (1892-1967)
4. noun. English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
5. noun. annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
6. verb. sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice

   "rice the potatoes"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rice:

cire, eric

Common word forms

riced, ricer, rices, ricing

Words from these letters

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