REN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 3 points
It depends on the list you play by. REN 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 3 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept REN?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REN is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 9 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in REN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 374.
What does REN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicdialect
An archaic word for a run, meaning the act of running.
Ren once described the plain act of running, standing beside close relatives such as renne and rin in older English and Scots texts. The word faded from common use as run took over every context it once covered.
How REN is used
Appears in archaic and dialect writing rather than modern prose.
- He took a quick ren across the yard before the rain came.
- The old text describes a long ren through the forest.
- She made a short ren to catch the departing cart.
- A sudden ren scattered the sheep across the field.
- The messenger's ren carried news to the next village by nightfall.
- Their ren along the riverbank left them breathless.
- The children enjoyed a ren down the hill before supper.
- A brisk ren warmed the soldiers on the cold march.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REN and 8 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Where else you’ll see REN
- Ren stands alongside close variants such as renne and rin in early English and Scots texts.
- Ren survives today mostly in dictionaries of archaic and dialect vocabulary.
Anagrams of REN
The 3 tiles of REN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REN
Showing 24 of 267 words that begin with REN.
Words ending in REN
Showing 24 of 32 words that end in REN. Useful as a back hook: play REN onto a word already on the board.
Words with REN inside
Showing 24 of 1208 words that contain REN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with REN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REN
Common questions about REN
- Is REN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and REN is not in it.
- How many points is REN worth?
- REN is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REN mean?
- An archaic word for a run, meaning the act of running.
- What letters can be added to REN?
- REN takes 9 hooks: 3 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of REN:
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