RESAW is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RESAW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESAW?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESAW is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESAW
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RESAW scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RESAW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about RESAW
- The same 5 tiles also spell 6 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 RESAW mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To saw a piece of timber a second time, especially to cut a board or log into thinner pieces.
Resaw describes cutting lumber that has already been sawn once, usually to reduce a thick plank into several thinner boards or veneers. Sawmills and woodworking shops use a resaw, a bandsaw or circular saw set up for this second pass, to get the most usable wood out of a log with minimal waste. The technique lets a single thick board become multiple thin ones for cabinetry, guitar tops, or paneling.
How RESAW is used
Mainly used in woodworking and sawmill contexts, both as a verb describing the action and, informally, as the name of the machine that performs it.
- The mill will resaw the oak plank into three thinner boards.
- He set the bandsaw fence before he began to resaw the log.
- Furniture makers often resaw thick stock to save expensive wood.
- The workshop resaws salvaged beams into flooring strips.
- She learned to resaw walnut carefully to avoid warping.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESAW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RESAW
The 5 tiles of RESAW in a different order — 6 found.
Words starting with RESAW
4 longer words begin with RESAW.
Words ending in RESAW
1 words end in RESAW. Useful as a back hook: play RESAW onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in RESAW
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Common questions about RESAW
- Is RESAW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESAW, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESAW worth?
- RESAW is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESAW mean?
- To saw a piece of timber a second time, especially to cut a board or log into thinner pieces.
- What letters can be added to RESAW?
- RESAW takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RESAW:
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