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Is rale a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rale is a Scrabble US word. The word rale is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

R1A1L1E1

Is rale a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rale is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

R1A1L1E1

Is rale a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rale is a Words With Friends word. The word rale is worth 5 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1A1L2E1

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Valid words made from Rale

You can make 22 words from 'rale' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.


4 letters words from 'rale'

ARLE 4EARL 4
LAER 4LARE 4
LEAR 4RALE 4
REAL 4 

3 letters words from 'rale'

ALE 3ARE 3
EAR 3ERA 3
LAR 3LEA 3

2 letters words from 'rale'

AE 2AL 2
AR 2EA 2
EL 2ER 2
LA 2RE 2

All 4 letters words made out of rale

rale arle rlae lrae alre lare rael arel real eral aerl earl rlea lrea rela erla lera elra aler laer aelr ealr lear elar

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

Definitions and meaning of rale

rale

Etymology

From French râle (“groan”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɑːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹæl/

Noun

rale (plural rales)

  1. (medicine, now chiefly in plural) An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
    • 1861, Austin Flint, American Medical Times, 7 Dec 1961:
      If you were to tell a patient that he had a ‘rhonchus’ in his chest, he would imagine that it was something formidable, while, if you said that he had a ‘râle’ he would not be alarmed.
    • 1894, Arthur Conan Doyle, Round Red Lamp:
      But after all the educated classes have a right to expect that their medical man will know the difference between a mitral murmur and a bronchitic rale.

Synonyms

  • crackles

See also

  • crackles, crepitations
  • bilateral; basal, basilar; bibasilar

Translations

Anagrams

  • Arel, Earl, Elar, Lare, Lear, Rael, Raël, Real, earl, lare, lear, real

Portuguese

Verb

rale

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

Source: wiktionary.org
  • (French) a rattling sound from a diseased lung.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)
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