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Is raptor a Scrabble word?

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

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Is raptor a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word raptor is a Words With Friends word. The word raptor is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

PARROT,RAPTOR,

5-letter words (2 found)

APORT,PORTA,

4-letter words (19 found)

ATOP,ORRA,PARR,PART,PORT,PRAO,PRAT,PROA,RAPT,RATO,ROAR,RORT,ROTA,TARO,TARP,TORA,TORR,TRAP,TROP,

3-letter words (22 found)

APO,APT,ART,OAR,OAT,OPA,OPT,ORA,ORT,PAR,PAT,POA,POT,PRO,RAP,RAT,ROT,TAO,TAP,TAR,TOP,TOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

AR,AT,OP,OR,PA,PO,TA,TO,

You can make 53 words from raptor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of raptor

raptor

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹæptɚ/
  • Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English raptour, from Latin raptor (“kidnapper, thief”).

Alternative forms

  • raptour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. A bird of prey.
  2. (obsolete) One who ravishes or plunders.
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Translations

Etymology 2

Popularized (and possibly coined) in 1990 by Michael Crichton in Jurassic Park; clipping of velociraptor, ultimately of the same etymology as above.

Noun

raptor (plural raptors)

  1. (informal, paleontology) One of the dromaeosaurs, a family of carnivorous dinosaurs having tearing claws on the hind legs.
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Derived terms
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Further reading

  • “raptor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Parrot, parrot

Latin

Etymology

From rapiō (“seize, grab, snatch”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈräpt̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrap.tor/, [ˈräpt̪or]

Noun

raptor m (genitive raptōris); third declension

  1. A thief, robber, plunderer.
  2. An abductor, kidnapper.
    Synonym: rapīnātor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • raptrīx

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: raptor
  • → English: raptor
  • → Portuguese: raptor
  • → Spanish: raptor

References

  • “raptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “raptor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • raptor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: rap‧tor

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin raptor.

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

  1. abductor; kidnapper
    Synonym: sequestrador
  2. bird of prey
    Synonym: ave de rapina

Adjective

raptor (feminine raptora, masculine plural raptores, feminine plural raptoras)

  1. abductive
  2. (relational) of birds of prey
    Synonym: rapinante

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English raptor

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores)

  1. (informal, paleontology) raptor

Further reading

  • “raptor” in iDicionário Aulete.
  • “raptor” in Dicionário Online de Português.
  • “raptor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  • “raptor” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “raptor” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin raptor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rabˈtoɾ/ [raβ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: rap‧tor

Noun

raptor m (plural raptores, feminine raptora, feminine plural raptoras)

  1. kidnapper; abductor

Further reading

  • “raptor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org