What RIBES Means
RIBES is a form of RIB, which 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
RIBES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 I1 B3 E1 S1.
Anagrams of RIBES (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RIBES
32 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.
4 letter words (12)
3 letter words (13)
2 letter words (7)
Longer Words Containing RIBES
RIBES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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