RIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. RIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIDE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIDE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIDE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIDE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,513.
What stands out about RIDE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 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 RIDE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To sit on and control, or be carried by, a horse, bicycle, or vehicle in motion.
Ride covers both actively controlling a horse or bicycle and simply being carried as a passenger in a car, bus, or train. The word also extends to floating or moving smoothly, as when a boat rides the waves. It can also mean enduring a difficult situation, as when someone has to ride out a storm.
How RIDE is used
Transitive and intransitive verb; past tense rode, past participle ridden.
- She likes to ride her bicycle to work every day.
- He learned to ride a horse as a child.
- They ride the bus downtown for every concert night.
- The old ship seemed to ride easily over the waves.
- We had to ride out the storm until it passed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIDE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIDE
The 4 tiles of RIDE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RIDE
11 longer words begin with RIDE.
Words ending in RIDE
Showing 24 of 55 words that end in RIDE. Useful as a back hook: play RIDE onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIDE inside
Showing 24 of 192 words that contain RIDE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RIDE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIDE
Common questions about RIDE
- Is RIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIDE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIDE worth?
- RIDE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIDE mean?
- To sit on and control, or be carried by, a horse, bicycle, or vehicle in motion.
- What letters can be added to RIDE?
- RIDE takes 6 hooks: 4 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RIDE:
Open RIDE in the Word Finder