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Is ragi a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ragi is a Scrabble US word. The word ragi is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is ragi a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ragi is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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Is ragi a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ragi is a Words With Friends word. The word ragi is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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Valid words made from Ragi

You can make 13 words from 'ragi' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'ragi'

GAIR 5GARI 5
RAGI 5 

3 letters words from 'ragi'

AIR 3GAR 4
RAG 4RAI 3
RIA 3RIG 4

2 letters words from 'ragi'

AG 3AI 2
AR 2GI 3

All 4 letters words made out of ragi

ragi argi rgai grai agri gari raig arig riag irag airg iarg rgia gria riga irga gira igra agir gair aigr iagr giar igar

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ragi. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ragi.

Definitions and meaning of ragi

ragi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɑːɡi/

Etymology 1

From Kannada ರಾಗಿ (rāgi).

Alternative forms

  • raggee
  • raggy

Noun

ragi (uncountable)

  1. A type of grain, Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.
    Synonyms: African finger millet, caracan millet, finger millet, koracan

Etymology 2

From Malay ragi (“fermenting medium, yeast”), from an Indian language such as Hindi रागी (rāgī, “finger millet”), since finger millet can be fermented. See Etymology 1.

Noun

ragi (uncountable)

  1. (cooking, brewing) A type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
    Synonym: ragi yeast
    • 2005, Malaysia at Random, Didier Millet, page 30,
      Pound 5 kg of round ragi (yeast) and 5 pieces of thinly sliced ragi into powder. Mix ragi into cooled rice.
    • 2010, M.J. Robert Nout, Kofi E. Aidoo, 2: Asian Fungal Fermented Food, Martin Hofrichter (volume editor), Karl Esser (editor), The Mycota, Volume X: Industrial Applications, page 49,
      It is made from cooked gelatinised rice and red pulverised ragi (yeast cake or jui-piang) and fermented for up to 30 days at 25°C.
    • 2014, Florence Tan, Florence Tan: Best Nyonya Recipes, page 108,
      Finely ground and sifted round ragi yeast 3⁄4 tsp

Further reading

  • Ragi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Ağrı, Gair, Riga, agri, agri-

Catalan

Verb

ragi

  1. third-person singular imperative form of rajar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of rajar
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of rajar

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈraɡi]
  • Hyphenation: ra‧gi

Etymology 1

From Malay ragi, probably from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “seasoning, condiment”).

Noun

ragi (plural ragi-ragi, first-person possessive ragiku, second-person possessive ragimu, third-person possessive raginya)

  1. (cooking) starter: a yeast culture used to start a fermentation process.
  2. (cooking) ragi: a type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
    Synonym: fermen

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Malay ragi, from Sanskrit राग (rāga, “colour, dye”). Doublet of raga and ragam.

Noun

ragi (plural ragi-ragi, first-person possessive ragiku, second-person possessive ragimu, third-person possessive raginya)

  1. (clothing) colour, color.
    Synonyms: warna, ragam
  2. (clothing) pattern.
    Synonym: corak

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ragi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Noun

ragi m

  1. nominative plural form of rags
  2. vocative plural form of rags

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • argi (without metathesis)

Adjective

ragi

  1. weak masculine nominative singular of ragr

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (Hindi) a kind of millet.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)