RIA is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. RIA 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 RIA?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIA is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 333.
What stands out about RIA
- 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 RIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A long narrow inlet formed by a drowned river valley.
Ria is Spanish and entered English through geography, where it names a precise shape: a valley flooded by rising sea rather than carved by ice. A fjord is the glacial equivalent and looks quite different in cross-section.
How RIA is used
Countable: a ria, two rias.
- A ria is a drowned valley and a fjord is a carved one.
- The word ria came into English from Spanish.
- Two rias on the same coast within ten miles.
- A ria shallows gradually and a fjord does not.
- The south-west of England has rias and no fjords.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIA
The 3 tiles of RIA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RIA
13 longer words begin with RIA.
Words ending in RIA
Showing 24 of 299 words that end in RIA. Useful as a back hook: play RIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIA inside
Showing 24 of 1924 words that contain RIA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIA
Common questions about RIA
- Is RIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIA, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIA worth?
- RIA is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIA mean?
- A long narrow inlet formed by a drowned river valley.
- What letters can be added to RIA?
- RIA takes 5 hooks: 2 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RIA:
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