REC is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. REC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REC?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REC is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REC scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in REC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does REC mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A recreation ground kept by a town or village.
Rec is British and clipped from recreation, and it usually means the field a place keeps for football and for walking dogs. In American use the same clipping attaches to a room inside a house instead of a field outside it.
How REC is used
Countable: the rec, two recs. Informal and British.
- They meet on the rec at six every Sunday.
- The word rec is clipped from recreation.
- A rec with two goalposts and no nets.
- The American rec room is the same clipping, used differently.
- Two recs in one parish and both of them waterlogged.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REC
Showing 24 of 1182 words that begin with REC.
Words ending in REC
3 words end in REC. Useful as a back hook: play REC onto a word already on the board.
Words with REC inside
Showing 24 of 1052 words that contain REC somewhere in the middle. Words that start with REC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REC
Common questions about REC
- Is REC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REC, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REC worth?
- REC is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REC mean?
- A recreation ground kept by a town or village.
- What letters can be added to REC?
- REC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of REC:
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