RIBALDRY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RIBALDRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIBALDRY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIBALDRY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIBALDRY
No single letter turns RIBALDRY into another word.
How RIBALDRY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RIBALDRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RIBALDRY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RIBALDRY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Coarse, joking talk or behaviour about sex and the body.
Ribaldry fills tavern songs, medieval tales and bawdy comedies, where the humour is rude but usually good-natured. Chaucer is a famous source, and the word suggests lively vulgarity rather than cruelty.
How RIBALDRY is used
Used in literary and humorous contexts.
- The tavern rang with ribaldry and laughter.
- Chaucer mixes ribaldry with serious moral tales.
- The play was full of ribaldry that shocked the vicar.
- Her ribaldry made the whole table laugh.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIBALDRY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RIBALDRY
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Common questions about RIBALDRY
- Is RIBALDRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIBALDRY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIBALDRY worth?
- RIBALDRY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIBALDRY mean?
- Coarse, joking talk or behaviour about sex and the body.
- What letters can be added to RIBALDRY?
- No single letter can be added to RIBALDRY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RIBALDRY:
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