reef
Reef can refer to a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water or 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. As a verb, reef can mean to lower and bring partially inboard, roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area, or reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef.
Length
4
Scrabble
7
WWF
7
Starts
RE
Ends
EEF
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “REEF” Mean?
reef has 5 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
2 sensesa submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
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
Verb
3 senseslower and bring partially inboard
“reef the sailboat's mast”
roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
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Definition
a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water
Length
4 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
F
Vowels
2
Consonants
2
Letters
R, E, E, F
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
Letter Breakdown
Word Facts
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆REEF has a Scrabble score of 7. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆REEF is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆REEF can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆REEF contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
F
Letter Pattern
ABBC
CV Pattern
CVVC
Vowel Share
50%
Consonant Share
50%
Bigrams
RE, EE, EF
Trigrams
REE, EEF
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