rain

Plural: rains

Noun

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds
anything happening rapidly or in quick successive
- "a rain of bullets"
Condensed water falling from a cloud.
Any matter moving or falling, usually through air, and especially if liquid or otherwise figuratively identifiable with raindrops.
An instance of particles or larger pieces of matter moving or falling through air.

Verb

Verb Forms: rained, raining, rains

To fall as drops of water from atmospheric vapor.
precipitate as rain
- "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"
To have rain fall from the sky.
To fall as or like rain.
To issue (something) in large quantities.
Obsolete form of reign.

Examples

A rain of mortar fire fell on our trenches.
Bombs rained from the sky.
Judging by the black cloud, it will rain later today.
Leaves rained from the tree.
Tears rained from her eyes.
The boxer rained punches on his opponent's head.
The high-scoring letters began to RAIN down on the Scrabble board after a lucky tile draw.
The rains came late that year.
We've been having a lot of rain lately.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English reyn, rein, from Old English reġn, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną, of uncertain origin. Possibly from pre-Germanic *Hréǵ-no-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreǵ- (“to flow”), although the consonant reflexes don't match.

Synonyms

pelting, rain down, rainfall, rainwater

Scrabble Score: 4

rain: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
rain: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
rain: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

rain: valid Words With Friends Word