reveal
The outer side of a window or door frame.
Noun 2 meanings
The outer side of a window or door frame.
A revelation; an uncovering of what was hidden in the scene or story.
“The comedian had been telling us about his sleep being disturbed by noise. Then came the reveal: he was sleeping on a bed in a department store.”
Verb 2 meanings
To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden or unknown.
To communicate that which could not be known or discovered without divine or supernatural instruction.
Etymology
From Middle English revēlen, from Old French reveler, from Latin revēlāre (“to reveal, uncover”), from re- (“back, again”) + vēlāre (“to cover”), from vēlum (“a cloth, covering, curtain, veil, awning, sail”) (whence also English veil, English unveil, English voile, Russian вуаль (vualʹ), Russian завуали́ровать (zavualírovatʹ, “to veil”) (compare typologically)).
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REVEAL at a glance
REVEAL has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + V 4 + E 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,382 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with reveal
All rhymesOne letter away
- REPEAL8
- RESEAL6
- REDEAL7
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