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RAISES

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

RAISES is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

RAISES root RAISE-s

Word family

RAISE 2 RAISING 5 RAISED-d 3

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RAISINGS 11
verb
  1. physicalTo cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
    • to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
    • the flag was raised
  2. physicalTo form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.
    • to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
  3. physicalTo cause something to come to the surface of water.
    • The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
  4. physicalTo cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it.
    • to raise Sandy Hook light
  5. physicalTo make (bread, etc.) light, as by yeast or leaven.
  6. figurativelyphysicalTo cause (a dead person) to live again; to resurrect.
    • The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
  7. physicalTo remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
  8. physicaltransitiveTo relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done.
  9. physicaltransitiveTo emboss (sheet metal), or to form it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning.
  10. transitiveTo create, increase or develop.
    • We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
    • to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise (increase) taxes
  11. transitiveTo collect or amass.
    • to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
  12. obsoletetransitiveTo call up the forces of, to raise the troops from.
  13. transitiveTo bring up; to grow.
    • We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
    • Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
  14. transitiveTo promote.
    • to raise somebody to office
  15. transitiveTo mention (a question, issue) for discussion.
    • A few important questions were raised after the attack.
  16. transitiveTo create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property).
    • There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use.
  17. transitiveTo bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
    • Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.
  18. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).
    • Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.
  19. intransitiveTo respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.
    • John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.
  20. To exponentiate, to involute.
    • Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
  21. transitiveTo extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.
  22. transitiveTo produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.
  23. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.
  24. transitiveTo instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).
    • A division by zero will raise an exception.
  25. IndiatransitiveTo open, initiate.
    • I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue.
  26. misspellingMisspelling of raze.
noun
  1. USabbreviationellipsisEllipsis of pay raise (“an increase in wages or salary”).
    • The boss gave me a raise.
  2. A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.
  3. A bet that increases the previous bet.
  4. A shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.
  5. A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.
  6. A cairn or pile of stones.