RICHEN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RICHEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RICHEN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RICHEN is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RICHEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
richensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RICHEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RICHEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about RICHEN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RICHEN mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something richer, or to become richer in flavour, colour, sound or value.
Cooks richen a sauce with cream or butter, painters richen a colour with another layer, and a deep voice may richen a song. The ending -en turns the adjective rich into a verb that means to bring about that quality. It is less common than enrich, which leans towards improving something with extra substance, while richen tends to describe a change in taste or appearance.
How RICHEN is used
Fairly uncommon; found mostly in cooking and descriptive writing.
- A spoonful of cream will richen the soup.
- The evening light seemed to richen the colours of the hills.
- Age can richen the flavour of a good cheese.
- She added egg yolks to richen the custard.
- The cellos richen the sound of the whole orchestra.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RICHEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RICHEN
The 6 tiles of RICHEN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RICHEN
3 longer words begin with RICHEN.
Shorter words from the letters in RICHEN
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Common questions about RICHEN
- Is RICHEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RICHEN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RICHEN worth?
- RICHEN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RICHEN mean?
- To make something richer, or to become richer in flavour, colour, sound or value.
- What letters can be added to RICHEN?
- RICHEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RICHEN:
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