RIBA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. RIBA 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RIBA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIBA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ribasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIBA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RIBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,034.
What stands out about RIBA
- 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 RIBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicallegal
Interest or usury charged on a loan, forbidden under Islamic law.
Riba covers any guaranteed increase demanded on a loan simply for lending money, which Islamic teaching treats as unjust because it profits from lending itself rather than from shared risk or effort. Because of this prohibition, Islamic banks design their financial products, such as profit sharing agreements, specifically to avoid riba.
How RIBA is used
Technical and legal; used in discussions of Islamic finance and religious law rather than everyday English.
- Islamic banks avoid charging riba on the loans they offer.
- Scholars debate which modern financial fees count as riba.
- The contract was restructured to remove any trace of riba.
- He explained why riba is forbidden in Islamic teaching.
- The bank markets itself as fully riba free.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIBA
The 4 tiles of RIBA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RIBA
19 longer words begin with RIBA.
Words ending in RIBA
3 words end in RIBA. Useful as a back hook: play RIBA onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIBA inside
Showing 24 of 59 words that contain RIBA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RIBA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIBA
Common questions about RIBA
- Is RIBA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RIBA is not in it.
- How many points is RIBA worth?
- RIBA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIBA mean?
- Interest or usury charged on a loan, forbidden under Islamic law.
- What letters can be added to RIBA?
- RIBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RIBA:
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