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/ɹɪb/
nounverb

Is RIB a Scrabble word?

Yes. RIB is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

  2. A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

    “a broken rib on the umbrella”

  3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

  4. Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

  2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

    “He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.”

  3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

  4. To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: rib via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).

RIB at a glance

RIB has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + B 3) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,013 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -RIB

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Same last three letters as RIB. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • CRIB8
  • MIDRIB11
  • CORNCRIB14
  • SPARERIB12
  • DRIB7
  • FRIB9

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