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RISES

5 letters

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Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

RISES is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

RISES root RISE-s

Word family

RISE 1 RISING 3 ROSE 1 RISEN-n 2 RIZ 1

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RISINGS 5
verb
  1. intransitiveTo move upwards.
    • We watched the balloon rise.
    • Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.
  2. intransitiveTo grow upward; to attain a certain height.
    • This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet.
  3. intransitiveTo slope upward.
    • The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill.
  4. intransitiveTo appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation.
    • The sun was rising in the East.
  5. intransitiveTo become erect; to assume an upright position.
    • to rise from a chair or from a fall
  6. intransitiveTo leave one's bed; to get up.
  7. figurativelyintransitiveTo be resurrected.
    • he rose from the grave; he is risen!
  8. figurativelyintransitiveTo terminate an official sitting; to adjourn.
    • The committee rose after agreeing to the report.
  9. intransitiveTo attain a higher status.
  10. intransitiveOf a quantity, price, etc., to increase.
  11. intransitiveTo become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse.
    • to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest.
  12. intransitiveTo ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch.
    • to rise a tone or semitone
  13. intransitiveTo become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus.
    • to rise to the occasion
    • Thus far, my intellect has been able to rise sufficiently to meet every academic challenge that I have encountered.
    • As Patrick continued to goad me, I felt my temper rising towards the limits of my self control.
  14. intransitiveTo develop, to come about or intensify.
    • As hunger and despondency became more intense, a determination rose within me to find a way of getting off the desert island.
  15. intransitiveTo swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light.
    • Has that dough risen yet?
  16. intransitiveTo have its source (in a particular place).
  17. intransitiveTo become perceptible to the senses (other than sight).
    • a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower
  18. intransitiveTo become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel.
  19. intransitiveTo come to mind; to be suggested; to occur.
  20. transitiveTo go up; to ascend; to climb.
    • to rise a hill
  21. transitiveTo cause to go up or ascend.
    • to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water
    • to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it
  22. obsoleteTo retire; to give up a siege.
  23. To come; to offer itself.
  24. datedTo be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
noun
  1. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater.
    • The rise of the tide.
    • There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday.
    • Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure.
  2. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence.
    • The rise of the working class.
    • The rise of the printing press.
    • The rise of the feminists.
  3. AustraliaCanadaUKalsoAn increase in a quantity, price, etc.
  4. AustraliaCanadaIrelandUKabbreviationellipsissometimesEllipsis of pay rise (“an increase in wage or salary”).
    • The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six.
  5. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts.
    • The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed.
  6. The front of a diaper.
  7. A small hill; used chiefly in place names.
  8. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope.
  9. informalA very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group.
    • Making fun of their football team is one sure way to get a rise from a crowd.
    • She really got a rise from the audience when she donned a wig and talked like the president.
  10. The height of an arch or a step.
    • As the rise, i.e. height, of the arch decreases, the outward thrust increases.
    • Each step had a rise of 170 mm and a going of 250 mm.
  11. alternativeAlternative form of rice (“twig”).