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Is raising a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word raising is a Scrabble US word. The word raising is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

R1A1I1S1I1N1G2

Is raising a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word raising is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

R1A1I1S1I1N1G2

Is raising a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word raising is a Words With Friends word. The word raising is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1A1I1S1I1N2G3

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7-letter words (5 found)

AIRINGS,ARISING,RAGINIS,RAISING,SAIRING,

6-letter words (11 found)

AGRINS,AIRING,ARSING,GRAINS,RAGINI,RAISIN,RANGIS,RASING,RISING,SARING,SIRING,

5-letter words (21 found)

AGRIN,AIRNS,GAINS,GAIRS,GARIS,GARNI,GIRNS,GNARS,GRAIN,GRANS,GRINS,IRING,NARIS,RAGIS,RAINS,RANGI,RANGS,RANIS,RINGS,SARIN,SIGNA,

4-letter words (44 found)

AGIN,AINS,AIRN,AIRS,ANIS,ARIS,GAIN,GAIR,GANS,GARI,GARS,GINS,GIRN,GNAR,GRAN,GRIN,GRIS,INGS,INIA,IRIS,ISNA,NAGS,NGAI,NISI,RAGI,RAGS,RAIN,RAIS,RANG,RANI,RIAS,RIGS,RING,RINS,SAIN,SAIR,SANG,SARI,SIGN,SING,SIRI,SNAG,SNAR,SNIG,

3-letter words (32 found)

AGS,AIN,AIR,AIS,ANI,ANS,ARS,GAN,GAR,GAS,GIN,GIS,ING,INS,NAG,NAS,NIS,RAG,RAI,RAN,RAS,RIA,RIG,RIN,SAG,SAI,SAN,SAR,SIG,SIN,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

AG,AI,AN,AR,AS,GI,IN,IS,NA,SI,

You can make 123 words from raising according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of raising

raising

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪzɪŋ
  • Homophone: razing
  • Hyphenation: rais‧ing

Verb

raising

  1. present participle and gerund of raise

Noun

raising (countable and uncountable, plural raisings)

  1. Elevation.
  2. Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity
  3. Recruitment.
  4. Collection or gathering, especially of money.
  5. (US) The operation or work of setting up the frame of a building.
    to help at a raising
  6. (linguistics) The movement of an argument from an embedded or subordinate clause to a matrix or main clause.
  7. (linguistics, phonetics) A sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised, meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before.
  8. The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
  9. The substance used to make bread rise.
  10. The process of deepening colours in dyeing.

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Translations

Anagrams

  • air sign, airings, arising

Middle English

Noun

raising

  1. Alternative form of reysynge

Source: wiktionary.org