What it means
- (noun) A soldier trained to use a rifle as their primary weapon. “The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.”
- (noun) A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle. “She was quite the rifleman and could pick off a squirrels with a .22 from across the field with amazing accuracy.”
- (noun) A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.
Letter analysis
- Riflemen contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Sub-words
- firemen
- ermine
- feline
- liefer
- refile
- refine
- relief
- elfin
- finer
- flier
- infer
- lifer
- liner
- miler
- miner
- rifle
- emir
- feel
- fern
- file
- film
- fine
- fire
- firm
- flee
- free
- leer
- lief
- lien
- life
- lime
- limn
- line
- lire
- mere
- mien
- mile
- milf
- mine
- mire
- reef
- reel
- rein
- rife
- rile
- rime
- eel
- elf
- elm
- ere
- fee
- fem
- fen
- fer
- fie
- fin
- fir
- ire
- lee
Related words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with RIF
- rife
- rifer
- rifest
- riff
- riffed
- riffing
- riffle
- riffled
- riffles
- riffling
- riffraff
- riffs
- rifle
- rifled
- rifleman
- rifles
- rifling
- rift
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Words ending with MEN
Common questions
What does Riflemen mean?
A soldier trained to use a rifle as their primary weapon.
How many letters are in Riflemen?
Riflemen has 8 letters.
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