Unscramble RIPARIAL and you have 62 words, RIPARIAL itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. PAIRIAL is the best of the shorter words, at 9 points. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from RIPARIAL split into 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 2 with 6, 6 with 5, 27 with 4, 17 with 3 and 8 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words in RIPARIAL: PAIRIAL, 9 points.
Of the 27 4-letter words you get when you unscramble RIPARIAL, 14 score 6 points, the group's best. PAIR, RAIL and ARIA are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of RIPARIAL but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with RI · ending in AL · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with PARRAL (8 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts RIPARIAL, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIPARIAL itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 62) | 48 | 61 | 44 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIPARIAL, PAIRIAL, PARIAL, PARRA, PIRAI, PRIAL, ALAP, ARPA, PAAL, PILA, PIRL, PIR and 2 more, 14 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: LIPA, PALI and RAI, 3 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: LARP.
This word takes every letter of RIPARIAL plus a single extra one.