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.
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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).
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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”
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United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902).
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4
A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed.
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5
Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites.
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