RESEAU is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RESEAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESEAU?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESEAU is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESEAU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RESEAU scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RESEAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,904.
What stands out about RESEAU
- RESEAU runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RESEAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A fine network of lines, dots, or mesh used as a reference grid or background, for example on early colour photographic plates or in lace-making.
Reseau comes from the French word for network and was adopted into English for a grid of tiny coloured filters once printed onto glass plates to make early colour photographs, one filter sitting over each grain of the image. Astronomers and surveyors use the same word for a grid of fine lines etched onto a photographic plate so that positions of stars or points on the ground can be measured precisely against it. In lace-making a reseau is the plain net background over which the decorative pattern is worked, distinct from the pattern itself. Because each of these uses is specialised, most readers meet the word only in the relevant technical field.
How RESEAU is used
A specialist term found in the history of colour photography, in astronomy and surveying, and in lace-making, rather than in everyday speech.
- The autochrome plate relied on a reseau of tiny red, green and blue grains.
- Astronomers measured the star positions against the reseau etched into the plate.
- The lacemaker worked the pattern over a delicate hand-made reseau.
- Old survey cameras exposed a reseau onto each negative for later measurement.
- Restorers had to identify which reseau pattern the antique lace used.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESEAU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RESEAU
The 6 tiles of RESEAU in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RESEAU
2 longer words begin with RESEAU.
Shorter words from the letters in RESEAU
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Common questions about RESEAU
- Is RESEAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESEAU, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESEAU worth?
- RESEAU is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESEAU mean?
- A fine network of lines, dots, or mesh used as a reference grid or background, for example on early colour photographic plates or in lace-making.
- What letters can be added to RESEAU?
- RESEAU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RESEAU:
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