RISE

4 letters 4 pts

Scrabble Validity

Valid UK Scrabble Word

Confirmed in SOWPODS / CSW24 (UK & International Scrabble).

Dictionary memberships:

R 1

I 1

S 1

E 1

Σ 4

get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
return from the dead; "Christ is risen!"; "The dead are to uprise"
increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
become more extreme; "The tension heightened"
go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
exert oneself to meet a challenge; "rise to a challenge"; "rise to the occasion"
become heartened or elated; "Her spirits rose when she heard the good news"
move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
move to a better position in life or to a better job; "She ascended from a life of poverty to one of great renown"
come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room"
rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
come to the surface
take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose"
rise up; "The building rose before them"

the act of changing location in an upward direction
increase in price or value; "the news caused a general advance on the stock market"
the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises
the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he got a wage hike"
an increase in cost; "they asked for a 10% rise in rates"
a growth in strength or number or importance
(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; "the emanation of the Holy Spirit"; "the rising of the Holy Ghost"; "the doctrine of the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son"
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"