RELUCTANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. RELUCTANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RELUCTANCE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RELUCTANCE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RELUCTANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
reluctancesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RELUCTANCE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RELUCTANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RELUCTANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RELUCTANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A feeling of not wanting to do something.
It stops short of outright refusal, so someone acts with reluctance, slowly and half-heartedly. In physics it has a different life, measuring how strongly a magnetic circuit resists the flow of magnetic flux. The older form reluctancy is not in this set.
How RELUCTANCE is used
Reluctance is used in everyday speech and, with a special meaning, in electrical engineering.
- She agreed with obvious reluctance.
- His reluctance to speak made the meeting awkward.
- The reluctance of the iron core affects the motor's efficiency.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RELUCTANCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RELUCTANCE
1 longer words begin with RELUCTANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in RELUCTANCE
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Common questions about RELUCTANCE
- Is RELUCTANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RELUCTANCE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RELUCTANCE worth?
- RELUCTANCE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RELUCTANCE mean?
- A feeling of not wanting to do something.
- What letters can be added to RELUCTANCE?
- RELUCTANCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RELUCTANCE:
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