REFORMATORY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. REFORMATORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REFORMATORY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REFORMATORY is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REFORMATORY
No single letter turns REFORMATORY into another word.
How REFORMATORY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in REFORMATORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 3 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REFORMATORY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REFORMATORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An institution where young offenders were sent for training and correction instead of ordinary prison.
A reformatory was meant to teach discipline and a trade, with the hope of turning the young offender away from crime. The term belongs mostly to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Today such places go by other names, such as youth custody.
How REFORMATORY is used
Used in history and in older writing about juvenile justice.
- The boy spent two years in a reformatory learning carpentry.
- Victorian reformers built a reformatory outside the city.
- The novel follows a girl released from a reformatory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REFORMATORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in REFORMATORY
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Common questions about REFORMATORY
- Is REFORMATORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REFORMATORY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REFORMATORY worth?
- REFORMATORY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REFORMATORY mean?
- An institution where young offenders were sent for training and correction instead of ordinary prison.
- What letters can be added to REFORMATORY?
- No single letter can be added to REFORMATORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of REFORMATORY:
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