REBARBATIVE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. REBARBATIVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REBARBATIVE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REBARBATIVE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REBARBATIVE
No single letter turns REBARBATIVE into another word.
How REBARBATIVE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in REBARBATIVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REBARBATIVE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REBARBATIVE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Unattractive in a way that repels or irritates people.
Rebarbative suggests something forbidding or off-putting, such as a harsh manner or a dense, unfriendly style of writing. It is a showy word, so it tends to appear in literary criticism.
How REBARBATIVE is used
Formal and literary; describes people, places and prose.
- The philosopher's rebarbative style put off many readers.
- He had a rebarbative manner at meetings.
- The building's rebarbative concrete walls repelled visitors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REBARBATIVE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REBARBATIVE
1 longer words begin with REBARBATIVE.
Shorter words from the letters in REBARBATIVE
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Common questions about REBARBATIVE
- Is REBARBATIVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REBARBATIVE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REBARBATIVE worth?
- REBARBATIVE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REBARBATIVE mean?
- Unattractive in a way that repels or irritates people.
- What letters can be added to REBARBATIVE?
- No single letter can be added to REBARBATIVE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of REBARBATIVE:
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