RAPPAREE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RAPPAREE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAPPAREE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAPPAREE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAPPAREE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rappareesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAPPAREE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RAPPAREE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAPPAREE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about RAPPAREE
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RAPPAREE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalIrish
An armed irregular fighter or robber in Ireland during the seventeenth century.
A rapparee was often a dispossessed man who lived by raiding and plunder in the troubled years after the wars of the 1600s. Later writers used rapparee more loosely for any Irish outlaw. The word is almost entirely historical today.
How RAPPAREE is used
Found in historical writing about Ireland and in older fiction.
- Stories of the rapparee who hid in the bog were told for generations.
- A rapparee with a short pike was said to haunt the mountain road.
- The ballad praised a bold rapparee and his band of followers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAPPAREE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RAPPAREE
The 8 tiles of RAPPAREE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RAPPAREE
1 longer words begin with RAPPAREE.
Shorter words from the letters in RAPPAREE
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Common questions about RAPPAREE
- Is RAPPAREE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAPPAREE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAPPAREE worth?
- RAPPAREE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAPPAREE mean?
- An armed irregular fighter or robber in Ireland during the seventeenth century.
- What letters can be added to RAPPAREE?
- RAPPAREE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RAPPAREE:
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