raw: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 6 letter points · starts with R · ends with W
Meaning of raw
adj
(of food) Not cooked.
Example: There's nothing but raw fish in the freezer.
(of food) Not cooked. Subsisting on, or pertaining to, a diet of raw food.
Example: I was 100% raw from 2014 until early 2018.
Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. (of materials, products, etc.)
Example: raw cane sugar
Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
Example: a raw wound
Listed forms: rawer, rawest.
Source: Wiktionary — raw.
adv
- slang
Without a condom.
Example: We did it raw.
Source: Wiktionary — raw.
noun
An unprocessed sugar; a batch of such.
A galled place; an inveterate sore.
- broadly, figuratively
A point about which a person is particularly sensitive.
- slang, uncountable
Unadulterated narcotics, especially crack cocaine
Listed forms: raws.
Source: Wiktionary — raw.
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 raw.
adjective
(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
adjective
devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure
adjective
not processed or subjected to analysis
adjective
hurting
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is raw in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of raw
R(1) + A(1) + W(4) = 6 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 raw
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from raw
2 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in raw. Showing up to 24, longest first.