RIDENT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RIDENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIDENT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIDENT is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIDENT
Front hooks — 1
tridentBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RIDENT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RIDENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,775.
What stands out about RIDENT
- The same 6 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 RIDENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
Smiling or laughing; radiantly cheerful in expression.
Rident comes from the Latin ridere, to laugh, the same root that gives English words such as ridiculous and deride, though rident itself kept a purely positive sense. Writers reach for rident when they want a single elegant word for a face lit up with laughter, rather than a longer descriptive phrase. The word is rare even in literary English and almost never appears in ordinary conversation today. When it does appear, rident usually describes a face, a portrait, or a tone rather than an object or a place.
How RIDENT is used
Rare and literary; encountered mainly in older or deliberately elevated writing about a smiling expression.
- The portrait captured her rident, almost mischievous smile.
- His rident face suggested he already knew the punchline.
- The poem described a rident sky welcoming the morning sun.
- She greeted the guests with a rident expression that put everyone at ease.
- Even in old age his rident manner never seemed to fade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIDENT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIDENT
The 6 tiles of RIDENT in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in RIDENT
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Common questions about RIDENT
- Is RIDENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIDENT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIDENT worth?
- RIDENT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIDENT mean?
- Smiling or laughing; radiantly cheerful in expression.
- What letters can be added to RIDENT?
- RIDENT takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RIDENT:
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