RIDGEL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RIDGEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIDGEL?
| 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 RIDGEL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIDGEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ridgelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIDGEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RIDGEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about RIDGEL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 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 RIDGEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A male animal, especially a horse, with one or both testicles not descended.
Stock breeders use ridgel for a colt or other male whose testicles stayed inside the body, which makes the animal hard to geld and sometimes difficult to handle. The word has several spellings, among them ridgil, ridgling and ridgeling. Today it survives mainly in farming and veterinary talk and in dictionaries of word games.
How RIDGEL is used
Technical and old-fashioned; belongs to horse breeding and farm vocabulary.
- The vet confirmed that the colt was a ridgel.
- A ridgel needs different care from a normal stallion.
- The breeder sold the ridgel at a lower price.
- Every ridgel on the farm was checked in spring.
- He read about the ridgel in an old stable manual.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIDGEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIDGEL
The 6 tiles of RIDGEL in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with RIDGEL
6 longer words begin with RIDGEL.
Shorter words from the letters in RIDGEL
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Common questions about RIDGEL
- Is RIDGEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIDGEL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIDGEL worth?
- RIDGEL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIDGEL mean?
- A male animal, especially a horse, with one or both testicles not descended.
- What letters can be added to RIDGEL?
- RIDGEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RIDGEL:
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