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RATE

4 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

RATE is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

RATES-s 2 RATING 3 RATED-d 2

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RATINGS 5
noun
  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe worth of something; value.
  2. countableuncountableThe proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
    • At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.
  3. countableuncountableSpeed.
    • The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.
  4. countableuncountableThe relative speed of change or progress.
    • The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
  5. countableuncountableThe price of (an individual) thing; cost.
    • He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.
  6. countableuncountableA set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
    • Postal rates here are low.
  7. countableuncountableA wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
    • We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
  8. countableuncountableAny of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
    • I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.
  9. countableuncountableA class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
    • This textbook is first-rate.
  10. countableobsoleteuncountableEstablished portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
  11. obsoleteuncountableOrder; arrangement.
  12. countableobsoleteuncountableRatification; approval.
  13. countableuncountableThe gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
    • daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
verb
  1. transitiveTo assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
    • She is rated fourth in the country.
  2. transitiveTo evaluate or estimate the value of.
    • They rate his talents highly.
  3. transitiveTo consider or regard.
    • He rated this book brilliant.
  4. transitiveTo deserve; to be worth.
    • The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
  5. transitiveTo determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
    • The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
  6. UKtransitiveTo evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
  7. informaltransitiveTo like; to think highly of.
    • The customers don't rate the new burgers.
  8. transitiveTo take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
  9. intransitiveTo have position (in a certain class).
    • She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
    • He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
  10. intransitiveTo have value or standing.
    • This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.
  11. transitiveTo ratify.
  12. transitiveTo ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
  13. obsoletetransitiveTo berate, scold.
  14. UKdialectalobsoleteTo cause (hay, hemp, flax, etc) to decay (whether in an injurious way, or—as retting—in a useful way) by exposure to weather, particularly wetness.