RENY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 7 points
It depends on the list you play by. RENY 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 7 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept RENY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RENY is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RENY
No single letter turns RENY into another word.
How RENY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in RENY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does RENY mean in Scrabble?
verb
obsolete
To renounce or formally give up something, such as a belief or claim; an obsolete verb.
Reny appears in older English where a person would publicly reny a faith, a claim, or an allegiance, much as renounce is used today. The word shares its root with renay and reney, all older spellings of the same act of giving something up.
How RENY is used
An obsolete verb, found only in historical texts.
- He was forced to reny his former beliefs before the court.
- The knight would not reny his oath, even under threat.
- She chose to reny her claim to the estate.
- The old text tells how the prisoner had to reny his faith.
- No punishment could make him reny his loyalty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RENY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RENY
1 longer words begin with RENY.
Words with RENY inside
3 words contain RENY in the middle. Words that start with RENY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RENY
Common questions about RENY
- Is RENY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and RENY is not in it.
- How many points is RENY worth?
- RENY is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RENY mean?
- To renounce or formally give up something, such as a belief or claim; an obsolete verb.
- What letters can be added to RENY?
- No single letter can be added to RENY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of RENY:
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