RECTIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RECTIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RECTIFY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RECTIFY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RECTIFY
No single letter turns RECTIFY into another word.
How RECTIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RECTIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does RECTIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To put something right by correcting a fault or mistake.
Rectify is the formal word for fixing an error once it has been spotted. Engineers also use it for turning alternating current into direct current, and chemists for purifying a liquid by distillation. In everyday speech people simply say fix.
How RECTIFY is used
Rectify is used in official and technical settings, as in rectify a mistake or rectify a fault.
- The bank promised to rectify the error immediately.
- A diode can rectify the current in this circuit.
- We must rectify the situation before the deadline.
- The distillery will rectify the spirit a second time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RECTIFY and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RECTIFY
The 7 tiles of RECTIFY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RECTIFY
1 longer words begin with RECTIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in RECTIFY
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Common questions about RECTIFY
- Is RECTIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RECTIFY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RECTIFY worth?
- RECTIFY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RECTIFY mean?
- To put something right by correcting a fault or mistake.
- What letters can be added to RECTIFY?
- No single letter can be added to RECTIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RECTIFY:
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