RICEY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. RICEY 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 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RICEY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RICEY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RICEY
Front hooks — 1
priceyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RICEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RICEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does RICEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Containing rice, or resembling rice in texture or appearance.
Ricey describes a dish or dessert where rice is the dominant ingredient, or a texture that looks grainy the way cooked rice does. Home cooks and food writers reach for it as a quick, informal shorthand rather than a precise culinary term.
How RICEY is used
Used in casual cooking talk and recipe reviews rather than formal writing.
- The pudding turned out too ricey for her taste.
- He prefers a less ricey stuffing with more bread in the mix.
- The soup had a ricey texture from the extra grains left simmering.
- Reviewers called the dessert pleasantly ricey without being heavy.
- She thickened the broth until it felt slightly ricey on the tongue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RICEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in RICEY
1 words end in RICEY. Useful as a back hook: play RICEY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RICEY
Common questions about RICEY
- Is RICEY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RICEY is not in it.
- How many points is RICEY worth?
- RICEY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RICEY mean?
- Containing rice, or resembling rice in texture or appearance.
- What letters can be added to RICEY?
- RICEY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RICEY:
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