RIM is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. RIM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIM?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does RIM mean in Scrabble?
noun
The outer edge of a circular object.
Rim is native English and unusually narrow: it belongs to round things, and using it for a straight edge sounds wrong even though no rule forbids it. The Pacific Rim borrowed the word for a coastline that is not circular at all.
How RIM is used
Countable. Also a verb: rimmed, rimming.
- The rim of the cup was chipped in one place.
- A buckled rim will not take a tyre.
- The word rim belongs to round things.
- The glass was rimmed with salt and served anyway.
- Two rims and one spare between four bicycles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RIM
The 3 tiles of RIM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RIM
Showing 24 of 44 words that begin with RIM.
Words ending in RIM
Showing 24 of 37 words that end in RIM. Useful as a back hook: play RIM onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIM inside
Showing 24 of 774 words that contain RIM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RIM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIM
Common questions about RIM
- Is RIM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIM, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIM worth?
- RIM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIM mean?
- The outer edge of a circular object.
- What letters can be added to RIM?
- RIM takes 10 hooks: 5 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RIM:
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