rice: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with R · ends with E
Meaning of rice
noun
- uncountable
Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
- countable
A specific variety of this plant.
- uncountable
The seeds of this plant used as food.
- countable, uncountable
The seeds of this plant used as food. The seeds of wild rice, used as food.
Listed forms: rices.
Source: Wiktionary — rice.
verb
- transitive
To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
- intransitive
To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
- transitive
To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)
- rare
To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
Listed forms: rices, ricing, riced.
Source: Wiktionary — rice.
noun
- Ireland, Scotland, dialectal
A twig or stick.
- obsolete
A bobbin or spool.
Listed forms: rices, rise.
Source: Wiktionary — rice.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is rice in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rice
R(1) + I(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 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 rice
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 rice
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rice. Showing up to 24, longest first.