RABI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. RABI 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 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept RABI?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RABI is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RABI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RABI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RABI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What stands out about RABI
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 RABI mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A crop that is sown at the start of the cool season in South Asia and harvested in spring.
Farmers across India and Pakistan plant the rabi crop, which includes wheat and barley, around October, and gather it in around March, once the cold months have passed. It is contrasted with the kharif crop, which is planted at the start of the monsoon and harvested in autumn.
How RABI is used
Used in agriculture and economic reporting about South Asia.
- Wheat is the most important rabi crop grown across northern India.
- Farmers sow the rabi seeds once the monsoon rains have ended.
- A poor winter can badly damage the rabi harvest.
- Government reports track rabi output separately from the kharif season.
- The rabi season brings fields of ripening barley across the plain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RABI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RABI
The 4 tiles of RABI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RABI
12 longer words begin with RABI.
Words ending in RABI
2 words end in RABI. Useful as a back hook: play RABI onto a word already on the board.
Words with RABI inside
Showing 24 of 258 words that contain RABI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RABI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RABI
Common questions about RABI
- Is RABI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RABI, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RABI worth?
- RABI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RABI mean?
- A crop that is sown at the start of the cool season in South Asia and harvested in spring.
- What letters can be added to RABI?
- RABI takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RABI:
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