RIANT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. RIANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIANT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIANT is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIANT
Front hooks — 1
criantBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RIANT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RIANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,303.
What stands out about RIANT
- The same 5 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 RIANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Cheerful, smiling, or having a bright and pleasant appearance.
Riant is a literary word borrowed from French, where it means smiling, and it is applied in English to faces, landscapes, or scenes that look bright and cheerful. Writers use it to describe a riant countryside of green fields and sunshine, or a riant expression on a person's face. Because it is uncommon in ordinary speech, riant appears mostly in older or deliberately elegant prose and poetry rather than in conversation. Its meaning overlaps with cheerful and smiling, but it carries an old-fashioned, decorative flavour that those plainer words lack.
How RIANT is used
Literary and uncommon; found mainly in older or ornate writing rather than everyday speech.
- The poem described a riant meadow under a clear sky.
- Her riant face lit up the whole room.
- The travel writer praised the riant valleys of the region.
- A riant smile spread across the child's face.
- The old novel is full of riant descriptions of the countryside.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIANT
The 5 tiles of RIANT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RIANT
1 longer words begin with RIANT.
Words ending in RIANT
13 words end in RIANT. Useful as a back hook: play RIANT onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIANT inside
12 words contain RIANT in the middle. Words that start with RIANT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIANT
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Common questions about RIANT
- Is RIANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIANT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIANT worth?
- RIANT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIANT mean?
- Cheerful, smiling, or having a bright and pleasant appearance.
- What letters can be added to RIANT?
- RIANT takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RIANT:
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