REFEL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. REFEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REFEL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REFEL is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REFEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REFEL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in REFEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 23,765.
What does REFEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicrare
To refute or disprove an argument, claim, or opinion.
Refel traces back to the Latin refellere, meaning to rebut or counter someone words, and English writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries used it in formal debate and legal proceedings. Unlike simple disagreement, to refel something meant offering evidence or reasoning that showed a stated belief to be mistaken. The word largely fell out of ordinary use once shorter, plainer choices took over its place in everyday English.
How REFEL is used
Archaic and rare, found mainly in older philosophical, legal, or rhetorical writing.
- The scholar attempted to refel the earlier claim with fresh evidence.
- His speech aimed to refel every point raised by his opponent.
- The old treatise sets out to refel a popular but mistaken belief.
- She could not refel the argument, however much she disliked it.
- The judge asked the lawyer to refel the witness account directly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REFEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REFEL
The 5 tiles of REFEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REFEL
5 longer words begin with REFEL.
Words with REFEL inside
1 words contain REFEL in the middle. Words that start with REFEL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REFEL
Common questions about REFEL
- Is REFEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REFEL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REFEL worth?
- REFEL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REFEL mean?
- To refute or disprove an argument, claim, or opinion.
- What letters can be added to REFEL?
- REFEL takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of REFEL:
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