RITUAL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RITUAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RITUAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RITUAL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RITUAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ritualsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RITUAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RITUAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does RITUAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A series of actions performed in a fixed order, especially as part of a religious ceremony or a habitual routine.
A ritual can be as solemn as a wedding ceremony or a religious rite performed exactly the same way for centuries, where every gesture and word follows a set order handed down through tradition. The word also covers much smaller, everyday routines, such as a morning coffee ritual or a pre-game ritual an athlete repeats before every match, where the comfort comes from doing things the same way each time. Anthropologists study ritual closely because such repeated, patterned behavior often reveals what a community or culture values most, even when the participants themselves rarely stop to explain why they do it. What ties both the grand and the everyday senses together is repetition: a ritual is defined less by what is done than by the fact that it is always done the same way.
How RITUAL is used
Common in both religious and everyday contexts, describing anything from formal ceremonies to small personal habits repeated the same way each time.
- The wedding ritual lasted nearly two hours.
- Making tea every morning had become a comforting ritual for her.
- The tribe harvest ritual dates back many generations.
- He went through his usual pre-match ritual before stepping onto the field.
- Anthropologists recorded every step of the ancient ritual.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RITUAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RITUAL
20 longer words begin with RITUAL.
Shorter words from the letters in RITUAL
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Common questions about RITUAL
- Is RITUAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RITUAL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RITUAL worth?
- RITUAL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RITUAL mean?
- A series of actions performed in a fixed order, especially as part of a religious ceremony or a habitual routine.
- What letters can be added to RITUAL?
- RITUAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RITUAL:
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