risk: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with R · ends with K
Meaning of risk
noun
- uncountable
The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
Example: There is risk of being brutalized, arrested, imprisoned and tortured, all because I want you to know the truth about this matter.
- uncountable
The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
- uncountable
The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
- countable
A possible adverse event or outcome.
Listed forms: risks, risque.
Source: Wiktionary — risk.
verb
- transitive
To incur risk of (an unwanted or negative outcome).
- transitive
To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.
- transitive
To incur risk as a result of (doing something).
Listed forms: risks, risking, risked, risque.
Source: Wiktionary — risk.
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 risk.
noun
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
noun
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
noun
the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred
- risk of infection
noun
the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent
- risk of exposure
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is risk in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of risk
R(1) + I(1) + S(1) + K(5) = 8 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 risk
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from risk
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in risk. Showing up to 24, longest first.