REPRESSIBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. REPRESSIBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REPRESSIBLE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REPRESSIBLE is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REPRESSIBLE
No single letter turns REPRESSIBLE into another word.
How REPRESSIBLE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in REPRESSIBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REPRESSIBLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REPRESSIBLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Able to be held back, suppressed or kept under control.
A repressible urge can be pushed down with some effort, but laughter is famously not always repressible in church. In genetics, a repressible gene is one whose activity can be switched off by a signal.
How REPRESSIBLE is used
Used of emotions, impulses, uprisings and genes.
- The giggle was hardly repressible during the speech.
- The rebellion proved repressible within a week.
- A repressible enzyme is shut down when its product is plentiful.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REPRESSIBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in REPRESSIBLE
Showing 40 of 403. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about REPRESSIBLE
- Is REPRESSIBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REPRESSIBLE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REPRESSIBLE worth?
- REPRESSIBLE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REPRESSIBLE mean?
- Able to be held back, suppressed or kept under control.
- What letters can be added to REPRESSIBLE?
- No single letter can be added to REPRESSIBLE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of REPRESSIBLE:
Open REPRESSIBLE in the Word Finder