What RIB Means
- noun: support resembling the rib of an animal
- noun: any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
- verb: form vertical ribs by knitting“A ribbed sweater”
- verb: subject to laughter or ridicule“The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RIB is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 I1 B3.
Words Made From The Letters In RIB
1 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
2 letter words (1)
Longer Words Containing RIB
RIB appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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