REANIMATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. REANIMATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REANIMATE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REANIMATE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REANIMATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REANIMATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in REANIMATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REANIMATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REANIMATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To bring something back to life, or to give it fresh energy.
Horror stories reanimate the dead, but the word also fits a stalled business or a tired crowd revived by a good speech. It carries a sense of restoring what had faded.
How REANIMATE is used
Used literally in fiction and figuratively in everyday talk.
- The scientist tried to reanimate the body.
- New funding helped reanimate the old theatre.
- A joke might reanimate the weary meeting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REANIMATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REANIMATE
2 longer words begin with REANIMATE.
Shorter words from the letters in REANIMATE
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Common questions about REANIMATE
- Is REANIMATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REANIMATE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REANIMATE worth?
- REANIMATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REANIMATE mean?
- To bring something back to life, or to give it fresh energy.
- What letters can be added to REANIMATE?
- REANIMATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of REANIMATE:
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