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Is raise a Scrabble word?

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

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Is raise a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (5 found)

AESIR,ARISE,RAISE,REAIS,SERAI,

4-letter words (18 found)

AIRS,ARES,ARIS,ARSE,EARS,ERAS,IRES,RAIS,RASE,REIS,RIAS,RISE,SAIR,SARI,SEAR,SEIR,SERA,SIRE,

3-letter words (22 found)

AIR,AIS,ARE,ARS,EAR,EAS,ERA,ERS,IRE,RAI,RAS,REI,RES,RIA,SAE,SAI,SAR,SEA,SEI,SER,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AI,AR,AS,EA,ER,ES,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 56 words from raise according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of raise

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Definitions and meaning of raise

raise

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rāz, IPA(key): /ɹeɪz/
  • Homophones: rase, rays, raze, rehs, réis, res
  • Rhymes: -eɪz

Etymology 1

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”).

Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.

Verb

raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)

  1. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
    1. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
    2. To cause something to come to the surface of water.
    3. (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
    4. To make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
    5. (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
    6. (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
    7. (military, transitive) To relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
    8. (metalworking, transitive) To emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
  2. (transitive) To create, increase or develop.
    1. To collect or amass.
    2. (obsolete) To call up the forces of, to raise the troops from.
    3. To bring up; to grow.
    4. To promote.
    5. To mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
    6. (law) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
    7. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
  3. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
  4. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
  5. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute.
  6. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
  7. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
  8. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
  9. (programming, transitive) To instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
  10. (India, transitive) To open, initiate.
Usage notes
  • It is standard US English to raise children, and this usage has become common in all kinds of English since the 1700s. Until fairly recently, however, US teachers taught the traditional rule that one should raise crops and animals, but rear children, despite the fact that this contradicted general usage. It is therefore not surprising that some people still prefer "to rear children" and that this is considered correct but formal in US English. Modern British English also prefers "raise" over "rear".
  • It is generally considered incorrect to say rear crops or (adult) animals in US English, but this expression is (or was until relatively recently) common in British English.
Synonyms
  • (to cause to rise): lift
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Noun

raise (plural raises)

  1. (US) Ellipsis of pay raise.: an increase in wages or salary.
  2. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
  3. (poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
  4. (mining) A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
    • 1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books
      It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed just as the demand for optical calcite ceased. The underground drifts were left well timbered, and mining of this deposit could be started with very little preliminary work.
  5. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
Synonyms
  • (increase in wages or salary): rise, pay rise (UK)
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse hreysi; the spelling came about under the influence of the folk etymology that derived it from the verb.

Noun

raise (plural raises)

  1. A cairn or pile of stones.
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Further reading

  • raise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Aesir, Aries, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, arise, reais, serai

Middle English

Noun

raise

  1. Alternative form of reys

Source: wiktionary.org