REPAY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. REPAY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REPAY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REPAY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REPAY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REPAY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in REPAY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about REPAY
- The same 5 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 REPAY mean in Scrabble?
verb
To pay back money that is owed; more broadly, to return a favour, kindness or wrong with an equivalent action.
Repay covers both the literal return of borrowed money, as in to repay a loan, and the broader, figurative sense of returning someone's kindness, help or even harm with a matching response, as in to repay a favour or to repay someone's trust. The noun repayment refers specifically to the money side, the regular sums paid back on a loan or debt. Repay often carries a sense of moral balance, suggesting that a debt of any kind, financial or personal, has been properly settled. The word is used constantly in banking and finance as well as in everyday talk about gratitude and obligation.
How REPAY is used
Very common in both financial contexts and everyday speech about returning favours or kindness.
- They agreed to repay the loan in monthly instalments.
- She wanted to repay his kindness somehow.
- The company struggled to repay its debts after a difficult year.
- He promised to repay the favour one day.
- Her hard work seemed to repay all the years of effort.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REPAY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REPAY
The 5 tiles of REPAY in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with REPAY
5 longer words begin with REPAY.
Words ending in REPAY
1 words end in REPAY. Useful as a back hook: play REPAY onto a word already on the board.
Words with REPAY inside
8 words contain REPAY in the middle. Words that start with REPAY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REPAY
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Common questions about REPAY
- Is REPAY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REPAY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REPAY worth?
- REPAY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REPAY mean?
- To pay back money that is owed; more broadly, to return a favour, kindness or wrong with an equivalent action.
- What letters can be added to REPAY?
- REPAY takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of REPAY:
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