REEN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 4 points
It depends on the list you play by. REEN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 4 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept REEN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REEN is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 9.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REEN scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in REEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,650.
What does REEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectregionalBritish
A drainage ditch, especially one draining low-lying marshland; the same feature is elsewhere known as a rean, rhine, or rhyne.
Reen is the dialect name used chiefly in Somerset and the surrounding levels for the network of wide ditches that keep the marshy ground drained and passable. It names the ditch itself, not the water in it, and appears mostly in local and historical writing about the region.
How REEN is used
Regional English dialect from the drained marshlands of south-west England.
- The road ran alongside a deep reen.
- Otters were spotted swimming in the reen at dusk.
- Every field on the levels is bordered by a reen.
- The old map marked each reen by name.
- A narrow plank served as a bridge over the reen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REEN
The 4 tiles of REEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REEN
Showing 24 of 85 words that begin with REEN.
Words ending in REEN
Showing 24 of 49 words that end in REEN. Useful as a back hook: play REEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with REEN inside
Showing 24 of 248 words that contain REEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with REEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REEN
Common questions about REEN
- Is REEN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and REEN is not in it.
- How many points is REEN worth?
- REEN is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REEN mean?
- A drainage ditch, especially one draining low-lying marshland; the same feature is elsewhere known as a rean, rhine, or rhyne.
- What letters can be added to REEN?
- REEN takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of REEN:
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