RECK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RECK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RECK?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RECK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RECK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RECK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RECK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does RECK mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To care about or to heed something.
Reck is archaic and survives only inside reckless, which means without it. That is a common fate in English: the negative outlives the positive, as with ruthless and feckless.
How RECK is used
Recked, recking. Archaic.
- He recked nothing of the warning and went anyway.
- The word reck survives inside reckless.
- Reckless means without reck and nothing else.
- Ruthless and feckless went the same way as reck.
- Nobody has recked anything in ordinary speech for centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RECK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RECK
19 longer words begin with RECK.
Words ending in RECK
4 words end in RECK. Useful as a back hook: play RECK onto a word already on the board.
Words with RECK inside
Showing 24 of 52 words that contain RECK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RECK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RECK
Common questions about RECK
- Is RECK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RECK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RECK worth?
- RECK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RECK mean?
- To care about or to heed something.
- What letters can be added to RECK?
- RECK takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RECK:
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