RECREATE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RECREATE 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 RECREATE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RECREATE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RECREATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RECREATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RECREATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RECREATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RECREATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To create something again, or to reproduce an earlier scene or event; in older usage, to refresh or amuse oneself.
The common sense of recreate today is making a copy, as when a chef reproduces a dish or a museum rebuilds a battle. The older meaning of taking leisure survives in the related noun recreation.
How RECREATE is used
Used for reproduction in everyday English and for leisure in older texts.
- The museum tried to recreate the original kitchen.
- Can you recreate the problem on your computer?
- Families came to the lake to recreate on summer weekends.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RECREATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RECREATE
2 longer words begin with RECREATE.
Shorter words from the letters in RECREATE
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Common questions about RECREATE
- Is RECREATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RECREATE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RECREATE worth?
- RECREATE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RECREATE mean?
- To create something again, or to reproduce an earlier scene or event; in older usage, to refresh or amuse oneself.
- What letters can be added to RECREATE?
- RECREATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RECREATE:
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