REDIVIVUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. REDIVIVUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REDIVIVUS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REDIVIVUS is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REDIVIVUS
No single letter turns REDIVIVUS into another word.
How REDIVIVUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in REDIVIVUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| v | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REDIVIVUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REDIVIVUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Brought back to life; revived after seeming to be dead or finished.
Writers place redivivus after a name to suggest a famous figure or idea returning, as in a title promising a reborn hero. It comes straight from Latin and keeps a faintly bookish tone.
How REDIVIVUS is used
Redivivus normally follows the noun it describes and appears in titles and learned prose.
- The critic hailed him as Shakespeare redivivus.
- The old craft, redivivus, found a new generation of makers.
- A poet redivivus walked into the hall that evening.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REDIVIVUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in REDIVIVUS
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Common questions about REDIVIVUS
- Is REDIVIVUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REDIVIVUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REDIVIVUS worth?
- REDIVIVUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REDIVIVUS mean?
- Brought back to life; revived after seeming to be dead or finished.
- What letters can be added to REDIVIVUS?
- No single letter can be added to REDIVIVUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of REDIVIVUS:
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