RIFF is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RIFF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIFF?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIFF is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIFF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIFF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RIFF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 72,615.
What does RIFF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A short repeated musical phrase.
Riff is probably clipped from refrain and appeared in jazz in the 1920s. The sense about improvising on a theme in speech is from the 1980s and is now the commoner of the two.
How RIFF is used
Countable. Also a verb: riffed, riffing.
- A riff of four bars carried the whole record.
- The word riff is probably clipped from refrain.
- They riffed on the idea for twenty minutes.
- The speech sense of riff is from the 1980s.
- Two riffs from different songs that sound identical.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIFF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RIFF
15 longer words begin with RIFF.
Words ending in RIFF
9 words end in RIFF. Useful as a back hook: play RIFF onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIFF inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain RIFF somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RIFF are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIFF
Common questions about RIFF
- Is RIFF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIFF, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIFF worth?
- RIFF is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIFF mean?
- A short repeated musical phrase.
- What letters can be added to RIFF?
- RIFF takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RIFF:
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