Definitions For Reed

noun

  • A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
  • A vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it
  • United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)
  • 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)
  • Tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
  • A tall, thin grass that grows in wet areas
  • A thin strip of wood, metal, or plastic inside some musical instruments (such as clarinets and oboes) that makes a sound when you blow over it
  • A musical instrument that has a reed

Is Reed a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
5
Words with Friends
5

The word Reed is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Reed in a Sentence

  • The reeds along the edge of a pond
  • The reed section of the orchestra

Antonyms for Reed

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