RIFE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RIFE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIFE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIFE is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIFE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
riferChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RIFE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RIFE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about RIFE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 RIFE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Widespread and unwelcome; happening everywhere at once.
Rife almost never attaches to something good: rumour, damp, corruption and fever are rife, while health and goodwill never are. It also carries the sense of having got out of hand rather than merely being frequent, which is why rife with lands heavier than full of. Speakers keep it after the verb, so a problem is rife, but nobody writes a rife problem.
How RIFE is used
Stands after the verb rather than in front of the noun, and pairs with with when the thing itself is named: the report was rife with errors.
- Rumour was rife in the office by the time he came back.
- Damp was rife in the old block and nobody would pay to fix it.
- Speculation is rife about who will take the job.
- The report was rife with errors of date and name.
- Smuggling was rife along that coast for two hundred years.
- Superstition is rife wherever the work is dangerous.
- By August the fever was rife in every village on the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIFE and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIFE
The 4 tiles of RIFE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with RIFE
5 longer words begin with RIFE.
Words ending in RIFE
7 words end in RIFE. Useful as a back hook: play RIFE onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIFE inside
Showing 24 of 41 words that contain RIFE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RIFE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIFE
Common questions about RIFE
- Is RIFE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIFE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIFE worth?
- RIFE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIFE mean?
- Widespread and unwelcome; happening everywhere at once.
- What letters can be added to RIFE?
- RIFE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RIFE:
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