RIVERINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RIVERINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIVERINE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIVERINE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIVERINE
No single letter turns RIVERINE into another word.
How RIVERINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RIVERINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RIVERINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RIVERINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Belonging to, formed by, or found beside a river.
Riverine is the usual choice in ecology, geography and engineering writing when the setting is a watercourse rather than a lake or the sea. It sounds more precise than the everyday phrase "by the river".
How RIVERINE is used
Riverine appears mostly in scientific or planning prose, as in riverine habitats or riverine transport.
- The riverine forest floods every spring.
- Several riverine species depend on the shallow banks for nesting.
- The town grew up as a riverine trading post.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIVERINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RIVERINE
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Common questions about RIVERINE
- Is RIVERINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIVERINE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIVERINE worth?
- RIVERINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIVERINE mean?
- Belonging to, formed by, or found beside a river.
- What letters can be added to RIVERINE?
- No single letter can be added to RIVERINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RIVERINE:
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