rank

VERBNOUNADJECTIVE /Rɑŋk/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH R

rank is a valid 4-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1A1N1K5
1 + 1 + 1 + 5 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING

What does rank mean?

VERB · 3 SENSES
1

Assign a rank or rating to.

“how would you rank these students?”

2

Take or have a position relative to others.

“This painting ranks among the best in the Western World”

BROADER
3

Take precedence or surpass others in rank.

SYNONYMS
NOUN · 5 SENSES
1

Relative status.

“his salary was determined by his rank and seniority”

2

The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army).

“the strike was supported by the union rank and file”

“he rose from the ranks to become a colonel”

3

Position in a social hierarchy.

4

The body of members of an organization or group.

“they found dissension in their own ranks”

“he joined the ranks of the unemployed”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
5

A row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another.

“the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen”

BROADER
ADJECTIVE · 5 SENSES
1

Very fertile; producing profuse growth.

“rank earth”

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2

Very offensive in smell or taste.

“a rank cigar”

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3

Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.

“rank treachery”

4

Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.

“a rank outsider”

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5

Growing profusely.

“rank jungle vegetation”

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Anagrams of rank

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