Riser

What it means

1. (noun) Someone or something which rises.
2. (noun) A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something. “The choir stood on risers for the performance.”
3. (noun) The vertical part of a step on a staircase.
4. (noun) The main body of a bow.
5. (noun) A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
6. (noun) A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
7. (noun) A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
8. (noun) A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.

Letter analysis

• Riser contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
• It uses 4 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 5.

Sub-words

• errs
• reis
• rise
• sire
• err
• ire
• sir

Related words

Other 5-letter words

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• abaft
• abase
• abash
• abate
• abbey
• abbot
• abeam
• abets
• abhor
• abide
• abler
• abode
• abort
• about
• above
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Words starting with RIS

• rise
• risen
• risers
• rises
• risible
• rising
• risk
• risked
• riskier
• riskiest
• riskiness
• risking
• risks
• risky

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Words ending with SER

• abuser
• accuser
• adverser
• advertiser
• adviser
• appeaser
• appraiser
• baser
• brainteaser
• browser
• bruiser
• canvasser
• carouser
• censer
• chaser
• cleanser
• closer
• coarser

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