REFI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. REFI 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept REFI?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REFI is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REFI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REFI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in REFI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about REFI
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does REFI mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A refinancing of a loan, especially a mortgage.
Refi is American mortgage language and it names an event rather than a product: the old loan is paid off with a new one on better terms, and the whole business is worth doing only when rates have moved. The word spread with the housing market and now works as a verb as well.
How REFI is used
Countable: a refi, two refis. Also a verb — to refi a mortgage. Chiefly North American.
- They did a refi in the spring and saved a hundred a month.
- A refi costs money up front and pays it back slowly.
- The bank pushed a refi that suited the bank.
- Nobody refis when rates are climbing.
- The word refi belongs to one market and one decade at a time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REFI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REFI
The 4 tiles of REFI in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with REFI
Showing 24 of 69 words that begin with REFI.
Words with REFI inside
Showing 24 of 89 words that contain REFI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with REFI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REFI
Common questions about REFI
- Is REFI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and REFI is not in it.
- How many points is REFI worth?
- REFI is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REFI mean?
- A refinancing of a loan, especially a mortgage.
- What letters can be added to REFI?
- REFI takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of REFI:
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