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Is rial a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rial is a Scrabble US word. The word rial is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

R1I1A1L1

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Yes. The word rial is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

R1I1A1L1

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4-letter words (7 found)

ARIL,LAIR,LARI,LIAR,LIRA,RAIL,RIAL,

3-letter words (5 found)

AIL,AIR,LAR,RAI,RIA,

2-letter words (5 found)

AI,AL,AR,LA,LI,

You can make 17 words from rial according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rial

rial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ریال (riyâl) (in the case of Iran) and a variant transliteration of Arabic رِيَال (riyāl) (in the case of Oman and Yemen), from Spanish real. Doublet of real, royal, and regal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːˈɑːl/

Noun

rial (plural rials)

  1. The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
  2. A former currency of Morocco and Tunisia
  3. (historical) An old gold coin of England.

Translations

See also

  • riyal

Anagrams

  • Lair, aril, lair, lari, liar, lira, rail

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • ral

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrjal/ [ˈrjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: rial

Adjective

rial (epicene, plural riales)

  1. real
  2. royal

Noun

rial m (plural riales)

  1. rial; riyal (currency)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رِيَال (riyāl), from Spanish real. Doublet of reial.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [riˈal]

Noun

rial m (plural rials)

  1. rial; riyal (currency)

Further reading

  • “rial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “rial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “rial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Finnish

Etymology

From Persian ریال (riyâl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈriɑl/, [ˈriɑ̝l]
  • Rhymes: -iɑl
  • Syllabification(key): ri‧al
  • Hyphenation(key): ri‧al

Noun

rial

  1. rial

Declension

Further reading

  • “rial”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • Lari

French

Noun

rial m (plural riaux)

  1. rial

Indonesian

Etymology

From Persian ریال (riyâl). Doublet of riyal and royal.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈrial/ [ˈri.al]
  • Syllabification: ri‧al

Noun

rial (plural rial-rial)

  1. rial (the official currencies of Iran and Yemen)

Further reading

  • “rial” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese real, from Latin rēgālis (“royal”), from rēx (“king”) + -ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ri.al]
    • Rhymes: -al
  • (Kelantan-Pattani) IPA(key): [ɣi.a]
  • Hyphenation: ri‧al

Noun

rial (Jawi spelling ريال)

  1. rial (a currency in the Middle East)
  2. (Kelantan-Pattani) ringgit (Malaysian unit of currency)
    Synonym: ringgit
  3. (historical) Spanish real
  4. money
    Synonyms: duit, wang
  5. a unit of measurement of weight equalling roughly 20 grams

Descendants

  • Indonesian: rial

References

Further reading

  • “rial” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle English

Adjective

rial

  1. alternative form of ryal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rial m (definite singular rialen, indefinite plural rialar, definite plural rialane)

  1. (pre-2005) alternative form of rijal

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Homophones: Rial, real (Portugal), Real (Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: ri‧al

Noun

rial m (plural riais)

  1. rial (currency of Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)

Descendants

  • → Malay: rial

Adjective

rial m or f (plural riais)

  1. archaic spelling of real (“royal, regal”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rial.

Noun

rial m (plural riali)

  1. rial

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ریال (riyâl) and Arabic رِيَال (riyāl), from Spanish real.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrjal/ [ˈrjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: rial

Noun

rial m (plural riales)

  1. rial (currency of Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)

Further reading

  • “rial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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