RIMER is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RIMER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIMER?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIMER is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIMER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RIMER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RIMER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,237.
What stands out about RIMER
- RIMER begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RIMER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A writer of verse, especially poor verse.
Rimer is the older spelling of a word now usually written with an h, and the letter arrived by mistake in the seventeenth century, borrowed from an unrelated Greek term. The sense has always carried a sneer: a poet is never called a rimer by anybody who admires him.
How RIMER is used
Countable: a rimer, two rimers. Also spelled rhymer, which is now usual.
- He was dismissed as a rimer and outlived every critic.
- The town had a rimer for hire and a printer to match.
- A rimer works to order and a poet does not.
- Two rimers were paid for the same funeral verse.
- The word rimer is an insult with a spelling attached.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIMER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RIMER
1 longer words begin with RIMER.
Words ending in RIMER
6 words end in RIMER. Useful as a back hook: play RIMER onto a word already on the board.
Words with RIMER inside
12 words contain RIMER in the middle. Words that start with RIMER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RIMER
Common questions about RIMER
- Is RIMER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIMER, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIMER worth?
- RIMER is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIMER mean?
- A writer of verse, especially poor verse.
- What letters can be added to RIMER?
- RIMER takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RIMER:
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