Rapture
/ˈɹɛptʃɘ/
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts7 letters
Definition of Rapture
noun
- Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
- In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living believers. (Usually "the rapture.")
- The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.
- Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.
- The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement.
verb
- To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
- To experience great happiness or excitement.
- To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
- To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
- To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.
Anagrams of Rapture
Letter Values
r1
a1
p3
t1
u1
r1
e1
Total: 9 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Rapture
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 "Rapture"
Rapture is a 7-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Rapture" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "rapture" is a low-scoring word.