raisin

Meanings

Plural: raisins

Noun

dried grape
A dried grape.
guardian (A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis))

Verb

Of fruit: to dry out; to become like raisins.
To flavor (an alcoholic beverage) with fruit that has raisined.
To add raisins to.
To distribute throughout (with small bits or things), to dot or pepper.
To shrivel.
To crush or drain, so that all plumpness and vitality is gone.
To cause to have wrinkles.
To form wrinkles; to become wrinkled.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.

Scrabble Score: 6

raisin is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
raisin is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
raisin is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

raisin is a valid Words With Friends word