Unscramble RIBCAGE and you have 116 words, RIBCAGE itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, CARIBE and CABRIE lead with 10 points. The 7 letters split into 3 vowels and 4 consonants. All 7 tiles of RIBCAGE in one turn: 62 in Scrabble (12 + 50), 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
Looking for icbarge, cribgea, cabrige, bigreac, briceag, bearcig, bicerag, cibarge, beargic or bracige? They use the same letters as RIBCAGE, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from RIBCAGE split into 1 with 7 letters, 3 with 6, 22 with 5, 41 with 4, 37 with 3 and 12 with 2.
4 of 41 4-letter words from RIBCAGE tie at 8 points; none scores more. CARE, RACE and GEAR will look familiar.
Trade one tile of RIBCAGE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with RI · ending in GE · all 7-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CARIBE (10 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
RIBCAGE is a Scrabble word (Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIBCAGE itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 116) | 92 | 116 | 84 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 24 of them: RIBCAGE, CABRIE, CABRE, BAGIE, BEGAR, BIGAE, CRAIG, GARBE, GRICE, BAC, BIGA, ERBIA and 12 more. Words With Friends* skips 8 of them: CIG, CRIA, RABI, AREG, BAE, ARIE, GI and RAI.
These 3 words take every letter of RIBCAGE plus a single extra one.