RIFENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RIFENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIFENESS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIFENESS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIFENESS
No single letter turns RIFENESS into another word.
How RIFENESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RIFENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RIFENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RIFENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The state of being widespread, common or abundant, especially of something unwelcome.
Rifeness is the quality that rife describes: a situation where rumours, disease or errors turn up everywhere. It is a slightly formal and seldom-used word.
How RIFENESS is used
The noun rifeness is far less frequent than the adjective rife.
- The rifeness of gossip in the village surprised her.
- Doctors worried about the rifeness of the infection.
- He noted the rifeness of spelling errors in the report.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIFENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIFENESS
The 8 tiles of RIFENESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RIFENESS
1 longer words begin with RIFENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in RIFENESS
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Common questions about RIFENESS
- Is RIFENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIFENESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIFENESS worth?
- RIFENESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIFENESS mean?
- The state of being widespread, common or abundant, especially of something unwelcome.
- What letters can be added to RIFENESS?
- No single letter can be added to RIFENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RIFENESS:
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