REPAND is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. REPAND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REPAND?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REPAND is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REPAND
No single letter turns REPAND into another word.
How REPAND scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in REPAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does REPAND mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having an edge that curves gently in and out in a shallow wave.
A botanist calls a leaf repand when its margin undulates softly without forming real teeth or deep lobes. The term sits between a smooth edge and a sharply toothed one. It comes from Latin roots meaning bent back, and it appears mainly in plant descriptions and identification keys.
How REPAND is used
Technical term for leaf and petal edges in botanical writing.
- The oak seedling had a repand leaf with a faintly rippled border.
- Field guides describe the leaf margin as repand rather than toothed.
- A repand edge gives the foliage a soft, flowing outline.
- She sketched a repand petal beside a deeply lobed one for comparison.
- The key asks whether the margin is entire, serrate or repand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REPAND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REPAND
The 6 tiles of REPAND in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REPAND
1 longer words begin with REPAND.
Shorter words from the letters in REPAND
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Common questions about REPAND
- Is REPAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REPAND, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REPAND worth?
- REPAND is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REPAND mean?
- Having an edge that curves gently in and out in a shallow wave.
- What letters can be added to REPAND?
- No single letter can be added to REPAND to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of REPAND:
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