REND is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. REND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REND?
| 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 REND is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REND scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in REND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,269.
What stands out about REND
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does REND mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To tear something apart violently, often with great force or effort.
Rend describes tearing that is sudden and forceful, whether cloth ripped apart by hand, rock split by an explosion, or, in an extended sense, feelings painfully torn apart by grief or betrayal. The word appears mainly in literary, dramatic, or biblical writing rather than everyday speech.
How REND is used
Transitive verb; past tense and past participle are rent, an irregular form unrelated to housing rent.
- Grief seemed to rend her heart in two.
- The explosion could rend solid rock apart.
- Such violence would rend the whole city apart.
- Lightning can rend an old tree down its trunk.
- The scandal threatened to rend their alliance apart.
literary
To tear something violently into separate pieces, as cloth is torn apart or a heart is torn by grief.
Rend describes tearing that is sudden and forceful, whether cloth ripped apart by hand, rock split by an explosion, or, in an extended sense, feelings painfully torn apart by grief or betrayal. The word appears mainly in literary, dramatic, or biblical writing rather than everyday speech.
How REND is used
Transitive verb; past tense and past participle are rent, an irregular form unrelated to housing rent.
- Grief seemed to rend her heart in two.
- The explosion could rend solid rock apart.
- Such violence would rend the whole city apart.
- Lightning can rend an old tree down its trunk.
- The scandal threatened to rend their alliance apart.
Written for this site: 2 meanings of REND and 10 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REND
The 4 tiles of REND in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with REND
24 longer words begin with REND.
Words ending in REND
9 words end in REND. Useful as a back hook: play REND onto a word already on the board.
Words with REND inside
Showing 24 of 83 words that contain REND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with REND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REND
Common questions about REND
- Is REND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REND, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REND worth?
- REND is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REND mean?
- To tear something apart violently, often with great force or effort.
- What letters can be added to REND?
- REND takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of REND:
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