reed

NOUN /rid/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH R

reed is a valid 4-letter word worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1E1D2
1 + 1 + 1 + 2 =5 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 10TRIPLE WORD → 15
MEANING

What does reed mean?

NOUN · 5 SENSES
1

United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920).

SYNONYMS
JOHN REED
2

A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it.

“the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece”

SYNONYMS
VIBRATING REED
BROADER
VIBRATOR
NARROWER
DOUBLE REED
3

United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902).

SYNONYMS
WALTER REED
4

A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed.

SYNONYMS
BEATING-REED INSTRUMENTREED INSTRUMENT
BROADER
WOODWOODWIND INSTRUMENTWOODWIND
NARROWER
DOUBLE REEDFREE-REEDDOUBLE-REED INSTRUMENTSINGLE-REED WOODWINDSINGLE-REED INSTRUMENT
RELATED
REEDY
5

Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.

BROADER
GRAMINEOUS PLANTGRAMINACEOUS PLANT
NARROWER
DITCH REEDARUNDO DONAXARUNDO CONSPICUACOMMON REEDTOETOETOITOICHIONOCHLOA CONSPICUACARRIZO
RELATED
REEDY
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of reed

SAME TILES, DIFFERENT WORDS
DEER5DERE5DREE5REDE5

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