REGRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. REGRESS 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 REGRESS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REGRESS is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REGRESS
No single letter turns REGRESS into another word.
How REGRESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in REGRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 898,292.
What does REGRESS mean in Scrabble?
verb
To go back to an earlier or less developed state.
Where progress means moving forward, to regress is to slip backward, as a child might in behaviour during stress. Statisticians use the same verb for fitting one variable against another.
How REGRESS is used
Used in psychology, medicine and statistics when something or someone is said to regress.
- Under stress the patient began to regress to childlike habits.
- The economy seemed ready to regress after a brief recovery.
- Analysts chose to regress sales against advertising spending.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REGRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REGRESS
The 7 tiles of REGRESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REGRESS
13 longer words begin with REGRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in REGRESS
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Common questions about REGRESS
- Is REGRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REGRESS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REGRESS worth?
- REGRESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REGRESS mean?
- To go back to an earlier or less developed state.
- What letters can be added to REGRESS?
- No single letter can be added to REGRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of REGRESS:
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