rizla

R1I1Z10L1A1
/ˈɹɪzlə/

noun

A rolling paper.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounrizla (plural rizlas)

plural rizlas

  1. A rolling paper.

    Answers on the back of a rizla paper to the usual address.

    1998, Martin C. Strong, The Great Rock Discography
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    Now I was standing in the corner / I'm searching for my rizla / I had some marijuana / I needed to get higher

    1992, “Searching for my Rizla”, performed by Ratpack & Freestylers

    A slight breeze picked up, sending a few loose rizlas skimming along the sand.

    1997, Alex Garland, The Beach

    At the front of the classroom the cadaver of a singer is laid out on a workbench cluttered with Bunsen burners, rizlas, vinyl.

    2005, Matthew Fuller, Media ecologies: materialist energies in art and technoculture

    Dionne herself is thinly drawn, a cool girl carrying tarot cards, a Rizla-rolling version of the manic pixie dream girl, tasked with redeeming the hero.

    2026 April 28, Shahidha Bari, “Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest review – painfully earnest tale of trauma and transition”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Frenchriz“rice”
  2. Englishrizla

From the Rizla+ brand of rolling papers, coined in 1886 from French riz (“rice”) and Lacroix, referring to the use of rice paper and the inventor's family name.

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APA

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MLA

“rizla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rizla. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rizla,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rizla.

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