Rime

4 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

White frost or granular ice crystals that form on cold exposed surfaces in freezing fog or mist.

“Overnight rime had coated the fence posts and bare branches in a pale crystalline crust.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/raɪm/

Related Words

Synonyms

frost hoarhoarfrostrhyme

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Shares pattern with DIME, LIME, TIME, and MIME, testing the IME ending in one guess covers several common words

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Scrabble

Worth 6 points, M is valuable, front hooks include CRIME, GRIME, and PRIME, making it highly connectable

Words Related to Rime

Anagrams of Rime

Words that use exactly the same letters as “rime”.

emir imer mire

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “rime” to make these 4-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

dime lime mime rice ride ripe rise rome time

Add a letter to make a longer word

5-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “rime”.

aimer amire crime dimer eimer emigr emirs ermit fermi gerim grime hermi imber imper inerm limer maire marie merci meril merit mider miler mimer

Longer words starting with Rime

Words that begin with “rime”.

rimed rimer rimes

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