REDUCE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. REDUCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REDUCE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REDUCE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REDUCE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REDUCE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in REDUCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does REDUCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make something smaller or lower in size, amount, price or degree.
Cooks reduce a sauce by simmering it until water evaporates and the flavor concentrates. Mathematicians reduce a fraction to its lowest terms, and chemists use the word for a reaction in which a substance gains electrons. Someone brought to tears or ruin can also be said to be reduced to that state.
How REDUCE is used
Everyday word with technical uses in cooking, mathematics and chemistry.
- Doctors advise us to reduce the amount of salt we eat.
- Simmer the wine until it begins to reduce.
- The new windows should reduce noise from the road.
- Try to reduce the fraction to its simplest form.
- The long delay did not reduce their enthusiasm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REDUCE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REDUCE
4 longer words begin with REDUCE.
Shorter words from the letters in REDUCE
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Common questions about REDUCE
- Is REDUCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REDUCE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REDUCE worth?
- REDUCE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REDUCE mean?
- To make something smaller or lower in size, amount, price or degree.
- What letters can be added to REDUCE?
- REDUCE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of REDUCE:
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