What RISK Means
- noun: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune“drinking alcohol is a health hazard”
- noun: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury“he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime”
- verb: expose to a chance of loss or damage“We risked losing a lot of money in this venture”
- verb: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome“When you buy these stocks you are gambling”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RISK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 I1 S1 K5.
Anagrams of RISK (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RISK
10 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.
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing RISK
RISK appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ASTERISKASTERISKEDASTERISKSBRISKBRISKEDBRISKENBRISKENEDBRISKENINGBRISKENSBRISKERBRISKESTBRISKETBRISKETSBRISKIERBRISKIESTBRISKINGBRISKISHBRISKLYBRISKNESSBRISKSBRISKYFRISKFRISKAFRISKASFRISKEDFRISKERFRISKERSFRISKETFRISKETSFRISKFULFRISKIERFRISKIESTFRISKILYFRISKINESSFRISKINGFRISKINGLYFRISKINGSFRISKSFRISKYGRISKIN
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.