REPINE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. REPINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REPINE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REPINE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REPINE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REPINE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in REPINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,873.
What does REPINE mean in Scrabble?
verb
literary
To complain or fret about a misfortune instead of accepting it.
To repine is to go on grumbling, quietly and bitterly, about something that cannot be mended. The word has a gloomy, drooping quality, and it is related to pine in the sense of wasting away with longing. It almost always appears in negative sentences or advice, telling someone not to repine over what is lost.
How REPINE is used
Literary and a little old-fashioned; typically found in the negative, as in do not repine.
- It does no good to repine over a lost chance.
- He would never repine at his poverty in front of the children.
- The exiles repine in letters sent home to their villages.
- Why repine when there is work to be done?
- She refused to repine, though the winter was long.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REPINE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REPINE
6 longer words begin with REPINE.
Shorter words from the letters in REPINE
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Common questions about REPINE
- Is REPINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REPINE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REPINE worth?
- REPINE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REPINE mean?
- To complain or fret about a misfortune instead of accepting it.
- What letters can be added to REPINE?
- REPINE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of REPINE:
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