raw

raw is a 3-letter English word with 29 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 29 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked; not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not done; as, raw meat.
2. superlative. Hence: Unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe; unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw soldiers; a raw recruit.
3. superlative. Not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by art; unwrought.
4. superlative. Not distilled; as, raw water
5. superlative. Not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton
6. superlative. Not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits
7. superlative. Not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow
8. superlative. Not tanned; as, raw hides
9. superlative. Not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
10. superlative. Not covered; bare.
11. superlative. Bald.
12. superlative. Deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
13. superlative. Sore, as if by being galled.
14. superlative. Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
15. noun. A raw, sore, or galled place; a sensitive spot; as, to touch one on the raw.
16. noun. informal terms for nakedness

    "in the raw"

    "in the altogether"

    Synonyms: altogether

17. adjective. not processed or subjected to analysis

    "raw data"

    "the raw cost of production"

    Synonyms: crude

18. adjective. (used informally) completely unclothed

    Synonyms: peeled

19. adjective. not treated with heat to prepare it for eating
20. adjective. lacking training or experience

    "the new men were eager to fight"

    "raw recruits"

    Synonyms: new

21. adjective. brutally unfair or harsh

    "received raw treatment from his friends"

    "a raw deal"

22. adjective. used of wood and furniture

    "raw wood"

    Synonyms: unsanded

23. adjective. unpleasantly cold and damp

    "bleak winds of the North Atlantic"

    Synonyms: bleak, cutting

24. adjective. having the surface exposed and painful

    "a raw wound"

25. adjective. devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure

    "naked ambition"

    "raw fury"

    Synonyms: naked

26. adjective. hurting

    "the tender spot on his jaw"

    Synonyms: sensitive, sore, tender

27. adjective. untempered and unrefined

    "raw talent"

    "raw beauty"

28. adjective. (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

    "natural yogurt"

    "natural produce"

    Synonyms: natural, rude

29. adjective. not processed or refined

    "raw sewage"

Synonyms

altogether, crude, peeled, new, unsanded, bleak, cutting, naked, sensitive, sore, tender, natural, rude

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in raw:

war

Common word forms

raws, rawer, rawly, rawest, rawing, rawness

Words from these letters

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