RAI is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. RAI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAI is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RAI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 333.
What stands out about RAI
- The same 3 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 RAI mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
A style of Algerian popular music.
Rai grew out of Oran in the 1920s and turned political in the 1980s, when several of its singers left the country. The word means opinion in Arabic, which suits music whose whole point was saying things aloud.
How RAI is used
Uncountable. Chiefly about North African music.
- Rai came out of Oran and travelled with its singers.
- The word rai means opinion in Arabic.
- A rai recording from the 1980s is a political document.
- Rai was banned by people who had listened to it.
- Two rai singers left Algeria in the same decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RAI
The 3 tiles of RAI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RAI
Showing 24 of 158 words that begin with RAI.
Words ending in RAI
12 words end in RAI. Useful as a back hook: play RAI onto a word already on the board.
Words with RAI inside
Showing 24 of 971 words that contain RAI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RAI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RAI
Common questions about RAI
- Is RAI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAI, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAI worth?
- RAI is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAI mean?
- A style of Algerian popular music.
- What letters can be added to RAI?
- RAI takes 8 hooks: 1 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RAI:
Open RAI in the Word Finder