raid: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with R · ends with D
Meaning of raid
noun
A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
Example: a police raid of a narcotics factory
An attacking movement.
- Internet
An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
Listed forms: raids, rade.
Source: Wiktionary — raid.
verb
- transitive
To engage in a raid against.
Example: The police raided the gambling den.
- transitive
To lure from another; to entice away from.
- transitive
To indulge oneself by taking from.
Example: I raided the fridge for snacks.
Listed forms: raids, raiding, raided, rade.
Source: Wiktionary — raid.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for raid.
noun
a sudden short attack
verb
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
verb
enter someone else's territory and take spoils
- foray into
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is raid in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of raid
R(1) + A(1) + I(1) + D(2) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of raid
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from raid
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in raid. Showing up to 24, longest first.