Scrabble and Words with Friends

• REFERENCE is a valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• REFERENCE is a valid Words with Friends word worth 16 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• REFERENCE is a 9 letter word containing the letters c, e, e, e, e, f, n, r, r.

Definitions

• reference

  noun a remark that calls attention to something or someone
  the speaker made several references to his wife

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• reference

  noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

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• reference

  noun an indicator that orients you generally
  it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved

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• reference

  noun a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts
  he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic

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• reference

  noun a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
  requests for character references are all too often answered evasively

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• reference

  noun the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to

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• reference

  noun the act of referring or consulting
  reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer

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• reference

  noun a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
  he carried an armful of references back to his desk

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• reference

  noun (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

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• reference

  noun the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to
  he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes

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• reference

  verb refer to
  he referenced his colleagues' work

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• Lookup REFERENCE using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Synonyms

Words that sound like 'reference'

Derivations

Reference