REPLEVY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. REPLEVY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REPLEVY?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REPLEVY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REPLEVY
No single letter turns REPLEVY into another word.
How REPLEVY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in REPLEVY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,263 thousand.
What does REPLEVY mean in Scrabble?
verb
legal
To recover possession of goods by a legal action, pending a ruling on who owns them.
Replevy comes from old common law and applies when someone holds goods that another person claims as theirs. The claimant asks the court for the items back while the quarrel over them goes on. The related noun replevin names the writ or action itself.
How REPLEVY is used
Replevy belongs to law and appears mostly in law books and historical case reports.
- The farmer sought to replevy the cattle seized for debt.
- She asked the court to replevy her confiscated tools.
- Under the old statute, a plaintiff could replevy goods only after posting security.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REPLEVY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REPLEVY
1 longer words begin with REPLEVY.
Shorter words from the letters in REPLEVY
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Common questions about REPLEVY
- Is REPLEVY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REPLEVY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REPLEVY worth?
- REPLEVY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REPLEVY mean?
- To recover possession of goods by a legal action, pending a ruling on who owns them.
- What letters can be added to REPLEVY?
- No single letter can be added to REPLEVY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of REPLEVY:
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