rice
Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
Noun 3 meanings
Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
A specific variety of this plant.
The seeds of this plant used as food.
Verb 3 meanings
To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)
Etymology
From Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern Iranian language related to Middle Persian blnc (*brinǰ), Northern Kurdish riz (beyond Euphrates) and Zazaki riz. Theorized to have come to Iranian languages from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi).
RICE at a glance
RICE has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,699 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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