RIFFLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RIFFLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIFFLE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIFFLE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIFFLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIFFLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RIFFLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does RIFFLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To flip quickly through the pages of a book or the edges of a stack, or to shuffle cards by letting the corners of two halves spring together.
A person who riffles a book is not reading it closely but running a thumb along the pages to find a spot or get a rough impression. Card players use the same word for a shuffle in which the pack is split in two and the corners are released so that the cards interleave. As a noun the word also names a shallow, rough stretch of a stream where water runs broken over stones. All the senses share the idea of a quick, rippling movement.
How RIFFLE is used
Common in everyday writing about books, papers and card games; the stream sense belongs to outdoor and fishing talk.
- She began to riffle through the file in search of the contract.
- Before the deal, the dealer will riffle the deck twice.
- He liked to riffle the pages of a new book just to smell the paper.
- A trout was holding in the riffle below the old stone bridge.
- You can riffle the cards more smoothly if you hold the halves close together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIFFLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RIFFLE
4 longer words begin with RIFFLE.
Shorter words from the letters in RIFFLE
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Common questions about RIFFLE
- Is RIFFLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIFFLE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIFFLE worth?
- RIFFLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIFFLE mean?
- To flip quickly through the pages of a book or the edges of a stack, or to shuffle cards by letting the corners of two halves spring together.
- What letters can be added to RIFFLE?
- RIFFLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RIFFLE:
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