REDOLENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. REDOLENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REDOLENCE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REDOLENCE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REDOLENCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
redolencesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REDOLENCE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in REDOLENCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REDOLENCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REDOLENCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A pleasant, often strong smell, or the quality of being reminiscent of something.
The redolence of a place may be fresh bread, pine woods or old books. The word also covers the way something calls another thing to mind, so a street might have a redolence of the past.
How REDOLENCE is used
Literary; redolence is used for both literal scents and figurative suggestion.
- The redolence of baking drifted from the kitchen.
- A faint redolence of lavender clung to the drawer.
- The song had a certain redolence of summers long gone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REDOLENCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REDOLENCE
The 9 tiles of REDOLENCE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REDOLENCE
1 longer words begin with REDOLENCE.
Shorter words from the letters in REDOLENCE
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Common questions about REDOLENCE
- Is REDOLENCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REDOLENCE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REDOLENCE worth?
- REDOLENCE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REDOLENCE mean?
- A pleasant, often strong smell, or the quality of being reminiscent of something.
- What letters can be added to REDOLENCE?
- REDOLENCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of REDOLENCE:
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