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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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4-letter words (7 found)

ARLE,EARL,LAER,LARE,LEAR,RALE,REAL,

3-letter words (6 found)

ALE,ARE,EAR,ERA,LAR,LEA,

2-letter words (8 found)

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

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from rale according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rale

rale

English

Etymology

From French râle (“groan”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɑːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹɑl/, /ɹæl/, /ɹeɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːl, -æl, -eɪl

Noun

rale (plural rales)

  1. (medicine, now chiefly in the 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.

Alternative forms

  • râle

Synonyms

  • crackles

Hyponyms

  • crepitation

Translations

See also

  • bilateral, basal, basilar, bibasilar

Anagrams

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

Portuguese

Verb

rale

  1. inflection of ralar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org