RECRUDESCE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RECRUDESCE 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 RECRUDESCE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RECRUDESCE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RECRUDESCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RECRUDESCE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RECRUDESCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RECRUDESCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RECRUDESCE mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To break out again after a quiet spell, as a disease or conflict does.
Something that can recrudesce had seemed to be over. Doctors use it for sores and infections that flare up, and historians for fighting that resumes.
How RECRUDESCE is used
Used in medicine and formal prose for a returning illness or conflict.
- The infection may recrudesce in cold weather.
- Old rivalries began to recrudesce after the ceasefire.
- Her fever did recrudesce during the night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RECRUDESCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RECRUDESCE
7 longer words begin with RECRUDESCE.
Shorter words from the letters in RECRUDESCE
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Common questions about RECRUDESCE
- Is RECRUDESCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RECRUDESCE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RECRUDESCE worth?
- RECRUDESCE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RECRUDESCE mean?
- To break out again after a quiet spell, as a disease or conflict does.
- What letters can be added to RECRUDESCE?
- RECRUDESCE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RECRUDESCE:
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