RECRIMINATE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RECRIMINATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RECRIMINATE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RECRIMINATE is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RECRIMINATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RECRIMINATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in RECRIMINATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RECRIMINATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RECRIMINATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To answer an accusation by accusing the accuser in return.
To recriminate is to throw blame back at someone who has blamed you, and quarrelling couples do it constantly. It tends to describe a heated exchange in which nobody admits fault.
How RECRIMINATE is used
Used in formal and literary writing about arguments, mostly in the form of mutual blame.
- The partners began to recriminate as soon as the money vanished.
- There was no point to recriminate over a mistake already made.
- They stopped to recriminate and then fell silent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RECRIMINATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RECRIMINATE
2 longer words begin with RECRIMINATE.
Shorter words from the letters in RECRIMINATE
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Common questions about RECRIMINATE
- Is RECRIMINATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RECRIMINATE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RECRIMINATE worth?
- RECRIMINATE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RECRIMINATE mean?
- To answer an accusation by accusing the accuser in return.
- What letters can be added to RECRIMINATE?
- RECRIMINATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of RECRIMINATE:
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