RICH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. RICH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RICH?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RICH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RICH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RICH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RICH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does RICH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a great deal of money.
Rich came from a Celtic word about power by way of Germanic, so wealth was originally a side effect of ruling. The sense about food is only sixteenth-century.
How RICH is used
Before and after the noun. Comparative richer.
- Rich enough not to have to say so.
- The word rich once meant powerful.
- A richer sauce than the dish needed.
- Riches is the noun formed from rich.
- The food sense of rich is sixteenth-century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RICH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RICH
23 longer words begin with RICH.
Words ending in RICH
11 words end in RICH. Useful as a back hook: play RICH onto a word already on the board.
Words with RICH inside
Showing 24 of 183 words that contain RICH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RICH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RICH
Common questions about RICH
- Is RICH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RICH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RICH worth?
- RICH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RICH mean?
- Having a great deal of money.
- What letters can be added to RICH?
- RICH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RICH:
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