RES is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. RES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 3 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RES?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RES is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RES
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RES scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in RES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 561.
What stands out about RES
- The same 3 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 RES mean in Scrabble?
noun
music
Notes sung at the second step of the sol-fa scale, the degree that follows directly after do, counted together.
Res looks odd written down because the singular so rarely needs a plural: you sing one and move on to the next step. The same three letters are Latin for a thing and stand untranslated in legal English, where res judicata means a matter already settled — the two share nothing but their shape.
How RES is used
The singular is re, also written ray. Plural only in the musical sense.
- The exercise has two res in the opening bar.
- She sang the res clean and the rest flat.
- Both res are held for the same length.
- Counting the res tells you how the phrase is built.
- A run of res sounds like a mistake and is not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RES
The 3 tiles of RES in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with RES
Showing 24 of 1155 words that begin with RES.
Words ending in RES
Showing 24 of 1461 words that end in RES. Useful as a back hook: play RES onto a word already on the board.
Words with RES inside
Showing 24 of 2586 words that contain RES somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RES are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RES
Common questions about RES
- Is RES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RES, where it scores 3 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RES worth?
- RES is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 3 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RES mean?
- Notes sung at the second step of the sol-fa scale, the degree that follows directly after do, counted together.
- What letters can be added to RES?
- RES takes 8 hooks: 6 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of RES:
Open RES in the Word Finder