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Yes. The word rafale is a Scrabble US word. The word rafale is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word rafale is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

RAFALE,

5-letter words (5 found)

AFEAR,AREAL,FARLE,FERAL,FLARE,

4-letter words (20 found)

AFAR,ALAE,ALAR,ALEF,ALFA,AREA,ARLE,EARL,FARE,FARL,FEAL,FEAR,FLEA,FRAE,LAER,LARE,LEAF,LEAR,RALE,REAL,

3-letter words (18 found)

AAL,ALA,ALE,ALF,ARE,ARF,EAR,ELF,ERA,ERF,FAA,FAE,FAR,FER,FRA,LAR,LEA,REF,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AE,AL,AR,EA,EF,EL,ER,FA,FE,LA,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 57 words from rafale according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rafale

rafale

Etymology

Borrowed from French rafale. In the military context the term may well be obsolete in English; it had been been introduced into French military usage by General Hippolyte Langlois in the late nineteenth century, and adopted into English and American usage not long after, but the usage seems to have petered out in English by the end of World War I.

Noun

rafale (plural rafales)

  1. (military) A short, intense burst of artillery fire from a number of weapons fired with the intention of overwhelming resistance or routing an attacking force.

Anagrams

  • aflare

French

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Possibly related to Italian raffica influenced by affaler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.fal/

Noun

rafale f (plural rafales)

  1. (meteorology) gust (strong, abrupt rush of wind)
    Synonym: bourrasque
  2. (meteorology) sudden shower, flurry
  3. (by extension, military) burst (series of shots fired from an automatic firearm)

Derived terms

  • microrafale

References

Further reading

  • “rafale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • Rafale on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr

Anagrams

  • érafla

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

rafale f (plural rafales)

  1. (Jersey) gust (of wind)

Source: wiktionary.org