RICHES is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RICHES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RICHES?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RICHES is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RICHES
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
richestChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RICHES scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RICHES, 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 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does RICHES mean in Scrabble?
noun
Great wealth, or valuable possessions and resources of any kind.
Although it looks like a plural, riches is treated as a word in its own right and stands for wealth in the grand sense, as in the riches of a kingdom. It came into English from Old French richesse, and the form was later taken for a plural. The word is often used figuratively for anything abundant and precious, such as the riches of a language or of a library.
How RICHES is used
Somewhat literary; the saying from rags to riches is the best-known fixed phrase.
- The explorers dreamed of finding the riches of the East.
- The museum holds the riches of a vanished empire.
- He rose from rags to riches in a single decade.
- Reading gave her riches that money could not buy.
- The island's mineral riches attracted foreign ships.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RICHES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RICHES
3 longer words begin with RICHES.
Shorter words from the letters in RICHES
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Common questions about RICHES
- Is RICHES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RICHES, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RICHES worth?
- RICHES is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RICHES mean?
- Great wealth, or valuable possessions and resources of any kind.
- What letters can be added to RICHES?
- RICHES takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RICHES:
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