Rakes

/ɹeɪks/

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters

Definition of Rakes

noun

A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
The movement of animals while grazing.
The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.

verb

To walk; to roam, to wander.
Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
To roam or wander through (somewhere).

noun

A garden tool with a row of pointed teeth fixed to a long handle, used for collecting debris, grass, etc., for flattening the ground, or for loosening soil; also, a similar wheel-mounted tool drawn by a horse or a tractor.
(by extension) A similarly shaped tool used for other purposes.

noun

The act of raking.
Something that is raked.

verb

To act upon with a rake, or as if with a rake.
"She is raking the gravel path to keep it even."

noun

A course, a path, especially a narrow and steep path or route up a hillside.
A fissure or mineral vein of ore traversing the strata vertically, or nearly so.
(originally Northern England) A series, a succession; specifically a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
"The train was formed of a locomotive and a rake of six coaches."
(systems theory) In cellular automata: a puffer that emits a stream of spaceships rather than a trail of debris.

noun

Rate of progress; pace, speed.

verb

To move swiftly; to proceed rapidly.
Of a bird of prey: to fly after a quarry; also, to fly away from the falconer, to go wide of the quarry being pursued.

noun

A divergence from the horizontal or perpendicular; a slant, a slope.
(specifically) In full, angle of rake or rake angle: the angle between the edge or face of a tool (especially a cutting tool) and a plane (usually one perpendicular to the object that the tool is being applied to).
The direction of slip during the movement of a fault, measured within the fault plane.
Senses relating to watercraft.
(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.

verb

To incline (something) from a perpendicular direction.
"A mast rakes aft."
Senses relating to watercraft.

noun

A person (usually a man) who is stylish but habituated to hedonistic and immoral conduct.

verb

To behave as a rake; to lead a hedonistic and immoral life.

Anagrams of Rakes

3 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "rakes":

asker eskar saker

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "rakes" and rearranging:

+bbakers brakes breaks kebars

+ccrakes creaks sacker screak

+ffakers freaks

+hkasher shaker

+llakers slaker

+mmakers masker

+oarkose resoak soaker

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

horserake consist slope roué

Letter Values

r1

a1

k5

e1

s1

Total: 9 Scrabble points

Word Tools

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Rhymes With Rakes

aardwolves abacuses abalones abamperes abases abashes abates abatises abattises abbacies abbes abbesses

Related 5-Letter Words

rabat rabbi rabic rabid raced racer races racks racon radar radii radio radix radon raffs

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid

TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid

Words With Friends: Valid

Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Rakes"

Rakes is a 5-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "rakes" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.

Using "Rakes" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "rakes" is a low-scoring word.