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Is raphe a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word raphe is a Scrabble US word. The word raphe is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is raphe a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word raphe is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

R1A1P3H4E1

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

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5-letter words (3 found)

HEPAR,PHARE,RAPHE,

4-letter words (11 found)

APER,EPHA,HARE,HARP,HEAP,HEAR,PARE,PEAR,RAPE,REAP,RHEA,

3-letter words (18 found)

APE,ARE,EAR,ERA,HAE,HAP,HEP,HER,PAH,PAR,PEA,PEH,PER,PRE,RAH,RAP,REH,REP,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AH,AR,EA,EH,ER,HA,HE,PA,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 44 words from raphe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of raphe

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

Definitions and meaning of raphe

raphe

Alternative forms

  • rhaphe

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin raphē, from Ancient Greek ῥᾰφή (rhaphḗ, “seam; suture”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪ.fi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪfi

Noun

raphe (plural raphae or raphes)

  1. (anatomy) A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo.
    1. The connecting ridge between the two halves of the medulla oblongata or the tegmentum of the midbrain.
  2. (botany) The part of the stalk of an anatropous ovary that is united in growth to the outside covering and forms a ridge along the body of the ovule.
  3. (botany) A longitudinal median groove in the valve of many diatoms.

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Translations

References

  • “raphe”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “raphe”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Harpe, Phrae, harpe, hepar, phare

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥᾰφή (rhaphḗ, “seam; suture”).

Pronunciation

  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈra.fe/, [ˈräːfe]

Noun

raphē f (genitive raphēs); first declension (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy, botany) raphe

Inflection

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Descendants

  • → Catalan: rafe
  • → English: raphe
  • → French: raphé

Source: wiktionary.org