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riley

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɹaɪ.li/

Definition of riley

12 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (countable)A surname.
    “Ibarra also deprived Riley of oxygen long enough to cause wounds and “intended to kill her,” Ross said.”
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name

  1. (countable)A surname.
    “Ibarra also deprived Riley of oxygen long enough to cause wounds and “intended to kill her,” Ross said.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  3. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
  4. (countable, uncountable)A unisex given name.
    “Riley Barnes, nominated to serve as assistant secretary of State for democracy, human rights and labor, revealed his dangerous proclivities to Kaine in his opening statement when he said that “all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator; not from our laws, not from our governments.””
  5. (countable, uncountable)A unisex given name.
    “Near the end of Sasquatch Sunset, the gloriously weird feature from David and Nathan Zellner, Riley Keough wordlessly conveys a slowly creeping moment of profound existential despair that crushes your heart with its bleakness.”
  6. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  7. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  8. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  9. (countable, uncountable)A placename
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename
  11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename
  12. (countable, uncountable)A manufacturer of British motorcars (1907-1969) named after William Riley Jr.

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Etymology

* From Ryley in Lancashire, from Old English ryge (“rye”) + leah (“clearing, meadow”). Equivalent to rye + -ley (“lea”). * A variant of Reilly, from Irish Ó Raghallaigh (see O'Reilly).

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