RIBLET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RIBLET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIBLET?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIBLET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIBLET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIBLET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RIBLET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does RIBLET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small rib, or a little cut of meat taken from the rib end of an animal.
In the kitchen a riblet is a short piece of rib, usually cooked on the bone and eaten with the fingers, as with pork riblets in a sticky sauce. In engineering the same word names one of many tiny grooves set along the surface of a boat or aircraft to cut drag. Both senses rest on the idea of a little rib.
How RIBLET is used
Mostly a menu and cookery word; the engineering sense is technical.
- The menu offered a riblet with honey and pepper.
- He picked up each riblet and cleaned the bone.
- One riblet was left on the tray after the party.
- The designers added a riblet pattern to the wing surface.
- Slow cooking makes the riblet tender enough to fall apart.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIBLET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RIBLET
1 longer words begin with RIBLET.
Shorter words from the letters in RIBLET
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Common questions about RIBLET
- Is RIBLET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIBLET, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIBLET worth?
- RIBLET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIBLET mean?
- A small rib, or a little cut of meat taken from the rib end of an animal.
- What letters can be added to RIBLET?
- RIBLET takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RIBLET:
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