The word riba is a valid scrabble word, except in North America

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • riba n. (Muslim finance): interest or usury, which is haram (sinful) according to sharia law.
  • RIBA prop.n. Initialism of Royal Institute of British Architects.
  • (In Spanish) riba s. Terreno inmediatamente adyacente a un curso o espejo de agua.

19 valid words from 3 definitions

ACCORDING ARCHITECTS DE FINANCE HARAM INITIALISM INSTITUTE INTEREST IS LAW OF OR ROYAL SHARIA SINFUL TO UN USURY WHICH

8 invalid words from 3 definitions

ADYACENTE AGUA BRITISH CURSO ESPEJO INMEDIATAMENTE MUSLIM TERRENO

2 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

BA RIB

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AB BI

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

ABRI RABI

4 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

RIBS RIMA RIVA RIZA

2 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

RIA RIB

19 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

RIBAS RIBALD RIBAND RIBAUD RIBALDS RIBANDS RIBAUDS RIBALDER RIBALDLY RIBALDRY RIBAUDRY RIBALDEST RIBATTUTA RIBAUDRED RIBAVIRIN RIBALDRIES RIBATTUTAS RIBAUDRIES RIBAVIRINS

58 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

TRIBAL SCRIBAL TRIBADE TRIBADY TRIBALS ZARIBAS ZERIBAS BRIBABLE ORIBATID TRIBADES TRIBADIC TRIBALLY TRIBASIC ESCRIBANO GARIBALDI NONTRIBAL ORIBATIDS SCRIBABLE TRIBADIES TRIBADISM TRIBALISM TRIBALIST TURRIBANT WARIBASHI ASCRIBABLE ESCRIBANOS GARIBALDIS TRIBADISMS TRIBALISMS TRIBALISTS TURRIBANTS UNBRIBABLE WARIBASHIS DESCRIBABLE DETRIBALISE DETRIBALIZE INSCRIBABLE INTERTRIBAL SCRIBACIOUS TRIBALISTIC DETRIBALISED DETRIBALISES DETRIBALIZED DETRIBALIZES SUBSCRIBABLE DETRIBALISING DETRIBALIZING INDESCRIBABLE INDESCRIBABLY TRANSCRIBABLE + 8 words

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

ARRIBA ZARIBA ZERIBA

25 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+A BRAAI
+B RABBI
+C BARIC RABIC
+D BRAID RABID
+E ERBIA
+F BARFI
+J BAJRI
+L BRAIL LIBRA
+M ABRIM IMBAR MBIRA
+N ABRIN BAIRN BRAIN
+R BRIAR
+S ABRIS RABIS RIBAS SABIR
+U RUBAI URBIA
+V BRAVI

7 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-A RIB
-B AIR RAI RIA
-I ARB BAR BRA

Scrabble scoring

  • 6 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 38.1 chance (2.62%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 115 chance (0.87%).

Other languages

Category without words

  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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