How many points in Scrabble is ribald worth? ribald how many points in Words With Friends? What does ribald mean? Get all these answers on this page.
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Is ribald a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word ribald is a Scrabble US word. The word ribald is worth 9 points in Scrabble:
R1I1B3A1L1D2
Is ribald a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word ribald is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:
R1I1B3A1L1D2
Is ribald a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word ribald is a Words With Friends word. The word ribald is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
R1I1B4A1L2D2
You can make 77 words from ribald according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) ( > English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald.
Related to Old High German rīban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hrība (“prostitute”). See also English wrap.
ribald (comparative more ribald, superlative most ribald)
ribald (plural ribalds)