rain: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with R · ends with N
Meaning of rain
noun
- uncountable, usually
Condensed water falling from a cloud.
Example: We've been having a lot of rain lately.
- figuratively, uncountable, usually
Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
- figuratively, uncountable, usually
An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.
Example: A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
Listed forms: rains, rayne, raygne.
Source: Wiktionary — rain.
verb
- impersonal
To have rain fall from the sky.
Example: Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.
- figuratively, intransitive
To fall as or like rain.
Example: Tears rained from her eyes.
- figuratively, transitive
To issue (something) in large quantities.
Example: The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
Listed forms: rains, raining, rained, glossary, rainest.
Source: Wiktionary — rain.
verb
- alt-of, obsolete
Obsolete form of reign.
Base or related entry: reign.
Listed forms: rains, raining, rained.
Source: Wiktionary — rain.
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 rain.
noun
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
noun
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
noun
anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
verb
precipitate as rain
- rain down
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rain in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rain
R(1) + A(1) + I(1) + N(1) = 4 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 rain
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from rain
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rain. Showing up to 24, longest first.