RELUME is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RELUME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RELUME?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RELUME is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RELUME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RELUME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RELUME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does RELUME mean in Scrabble?
verb
poetic
To light something again or to make it glow anew.
Relume is a literary cousin of relight, built from the Latin word for light. Poets use it for flames, lamps and also for fading hopes or passions that suddenly burn again. It is much less common than relight and sounds deliberately elevated.
How RELUME is used
Literary and uncommon; ordinary speech says "relight".
- The keeper climbed the tower to relume the lamp.
- No kindness could relume the old friendship.
- She struck a match to relume the candle.
- A single spark may relume the dying fire.
- Morning seemed to relume the whole valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RELUME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RELUME
2 longer words begin with RELUME.
Shorter words from the letters in RELUME
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Common questions about RELUME
- Is RELUME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RELUME, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RELUME worth?
- RELUME is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RELUME mean?
- To light something again or to make it glow anew.
- What letters can be added to RELUME?
- RELUME takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RELUME:
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