ARIS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. ARIS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ARIS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARIS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARIS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ARIS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ARIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What stands out about ARIS
- The same 4 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishslang
A slang word for the buttocks, from Cockney rhyming slang.
Aris comes from a chain of rhyming slang: Aristotle rhymes with bottle, and bottle and glass rhymes with arse, so aris ended up standing in for arse itself. The word survives mainly in London working-class speech and in jokes about rhyming slang.
How ARIS is used
Cockney rhyming slang; informal and mainly British.
- He landed flat on his aris after slipping on the ice.
- Get off your aris and help with the boxes.
- She joked that her aris was numb from the long train ride.
- The comedian mocked getting kicked in the aris.
- Mind your aris on that low doorway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARIS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARIS
The 4 tiles of ARIS in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with ARIS
Showing 24 of 27 words that begin with ARIS.
Words ending in ARIS
Showing 24 of 55 words that end in ARIS. Useful as a back hook: play ARIS onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARIS inside
Showing 24 of 573 words that contain ARIS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARIS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARIS
Common questions about ARIS
- Is ARIS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ARIS is not in it.
- How many points is ARIS worth?
- ARIS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARIS mean?
- A slang word for the buttocks, from Cockney rhyming slang.
- What letters can be added to ARIS?
- ARIS takes 9 hooks: 7 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ARIS:
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