Scrabble and Words with Friends

• RAISE is a valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• RAISE is a valid Words with Friends word worth 5 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• RAISE is a 5 letter word containing the letters a, e, i, r, s.

Definitions

• raise

  noun the amount a salary is increased
  he got a 3% raise

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• raise

  noun an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

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• raise

  noun increasing the size of a bet (as in poker)
  I'll see your raise and double it

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• raise

  noun the act of raising something
  fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up

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• raise

  verb raise the level or amount of something
  raise my salary
  raise the price of bread

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• raise

  verb raise from a lower to a higher position
  Raise your hands

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• raise

  verb cause to be heard or known; express or utter
  raise a shout
  raise a protest
  raise a sad cry

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• raise

  verb collect funds for a specific purpose
  The President raised several million dollars for his college

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• raise

  verb cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
  We raise hogs here

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• raise

  verb look after a child until it is an adult
  raise a family

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• raise

  verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  raise the specter of unemployment

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• raise

  verb move upwards

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• raise

  verb construct, build, or erect
  Raise a barn

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• raise

  verb call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  raise a smile

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• raise

  verb create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise
  raise hell
  raise the roof
  raise Cain

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• raise

  verb raise in rank or condition

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• raise

  verb increase

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• raise

  verb give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

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• raise

  verb cause to puff up with a leaven

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• raise

  verb bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level

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• raise

  verb bet more than the previous player

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• raise

  verb cause to assemble or enlist in the military
  raise an army

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• raise

  verb put forward for consideration or discussion
  raise the question of promotions

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• raise

  verb pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
  raise your `o'

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• raise

  verb activate or stir up
  raise a mutiny

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• raise

  verb establish radio communications with
  They managed to raise Hanoi last night

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• raise

  verb multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3

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• raise

  verb bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project
  raised edges

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• raise

  verb invigorate or heighten

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• raise

  verb put an end to
  raise a siege

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• raise

  verb cause to become alive again
  raise from the dead

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• Lookup RAISE using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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