RILIEVO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RILIEVO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RILIEVO?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RILIEVO is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RILIEVO
No single letter turns RILIEVO into another word.
How RILIEVO scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RILIEVO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 96,496.
What does RILIEVO mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Sculpture or carving in which the design stands out from a flat background; relief.
Rilievo is the Italian art term that English took over for raised work on a wall, a coin or a panel. High rilievo rises far from the surface, while low rilievo barely lifts off it. The plural in Italian is rilievi.
How RILIEVO is used
Rilievo is a technical art-history word, found mostly in texts about Italian sculpture.
- The doorway is decorated with a rilievo of fighting horsemen.
- In low rilievo the figures seem almost flat.
- The sculptor worked a fine rilievo into the marble.
- The museum owns a Renaissance rilievo in bronze.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RILIEVO and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about RILIEVO
- Is RILIEVO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RILIEVO, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RILIEVO worth?
- RILIEVO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RILIEVO mean?
- Sculpture or carving in which the design stands out from a flat background; relief.
- What letters can be added to RILIEVO?
- No single letter can be added to RILIEVO to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RILIEVO:
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