RIFTY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. RIFTY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RIFTY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIFTY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIFTY
Front hooks — 1
driftyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RIFTY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RIFTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does RIFTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Marked by fissures or narrow cracks running through the surface.
A rifty surface is one that has split open along thin lines rather than broken into separate pieces, so the cracks stay narrow and the material mostly holds together. Dry clay ground, old plaster and weathered rock all get described this way once the cracking becomes a visible pattern rather than a single flaw.
How RIFTY is used
Rare outside descriptions of ground, rock or old plaster surfaces.
- The drought left the field bed rifty from one end to the other.
- Geologists noted a rifty stretch of limestone above the gorge.
- Old plaster in the hallway had gone rifty near the ceiling.
- A rifty slope like that is slow and awkward to climb.
- The potter rejected the slab once it dried rifty at the edges.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIFTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in RIFTY
3 words end in RIFTY. Useful as a back hook: play RIFTY onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIFTY inside
4 words contain RIFTY in the middle. Words that start with RIFTY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIFTY
Common questions about RIFTY
- Is RIFTY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RIFTY is not in it.
- How many points is RIFTY worth?
- RIFTY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIFTY mean?
- Marked by fissures or narrow cracks running through the surface.
- What letters can be added to RIFTY?
- RIFTY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RIFTY:
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