REPARATION is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. REPARATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REPARATION?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REPARATION is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REPARATION
Front hooks — 1
preparationBack hooks — 1
reparationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REPARATION scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in REPARATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REPARATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REPARATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
Amends made for a wrong, usually by payment or by helping those who suffered.
Reparation is tied to justice: it goes beyond saying sorry and asks the wrongdoer to put things right. In history it often refers to sums a defeated country had to pay after a war.
How REPARATION is used
Often plural, reparations, when talking about war damage or historic wrongs.
- The treaty demanded reparation for the damage to civilian towns.
- He offered reparation for the broken window.
- Calls for reparation grew after the report was published.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REPARATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REPARATION
The 10 tiles of REPARATION in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REPARATION
1 longer words begin with REPARATION.
Shorter words from the letters in REPARATION
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Common questions about REPARATION
- Is REPARATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REPARATION, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REPARATION worth?
- REPARATION is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REPARATION mean?
- Amends made for a wrong, usually by payment or by helping those who suffered.
- What letters can be added to REPARATION?
- REPARATION takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of REPARATION:
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