REEDUCATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. REEDUCATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REEDUCATE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REEDUCATE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REEDUCATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REEDUCATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in REEDUCATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REEDUCATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REEDUCATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To teach someone anew so as to change their beliefs, habits or behaviour.
To reeducate people is usually to correct what they were taught before, whether by retraining workers or, more darkly, by pressuring citizens to adopt official views. The tone depends on who is doing the teaching.
How REEDUCATE is used
Often found in political or social contexts; reeducate is also spelled with a hyphen.
- The programme aims to reeducate drivers who have broken the law.
- Regimes have tried to reeducate whole populations.
- Nurses were asked to reeducate patients about their diet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REEDUCATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REEDUCATE
2 longer words begin with REEDUCATE.
Shorter words from the letters in REEDUCATE
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Common questions about REEDUCATE
- Is REEDUCATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REEDUCATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REEDUCATE worth?
- REEDUCATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REEDUCATE mean?
- To teach someone anew so as to change their beliefs, habits or behaviour.
- What letters can be added to REEDUCATE?
- REEDUCATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of REEDUCATE:
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