RIBOFLAVIN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. RIBOFLAVIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIBOFLAVIN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIBOFLAVIN is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIBOFLAVIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIBOFLAVIN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RIBOFLAVIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RIBOFLAVIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RIBOFLAVIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A yellow vitamin of the B group, found in milk, eggs, liver and green vegetables, needed to release energy from food.
Riboflavin is also known as vitamin B2 and gives some vitamin pills and urine their bright yellow tint. The body cannot store much of it, so a steady supply from food matters.
How RIBOFLAVIN is used
Used in nutrition, medicine and food labelling.
- A glass of milk supplies a good share of the daily riboflavin you need.
- The cereal is fortified with riboflavin and iron.
- Doctors linked the cracked lips to a lack of riboflavin.
- Light destroys riboflavin, so milk is often sold in opaque cartons.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIBOFLAVIN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RIBOFLAVIN
3 longer words begin with RIBOFLAVIN.
Shorter words from the letters in RIBOFLAVIN
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Common questions about RIBOFLAVIN
- Is RIBOFLAVIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIBOFLAVIN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIBOFLAVIN worth?
- RIBOFLAVIN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIBOFLAVIN mean?
- A yellow vitamin of the B group, found in milk, eggs, liver and green vegetables, needed to release energy from food.
- What letters can be added to RIBOFLAVIN?
- RIBOFLAVIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RIBOFLAVIN:
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