RESID is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RESID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESID?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESID is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESID
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RESID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RESID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 7,262.
What stands out about RESID
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 RESID mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The heavy residual material left after crude oil has been refined to remove lighter fuels, used chiefly as a low-grade fuel oil.
Refineries pull the more valuable, lighter products such as petrol and diesel off crude oil first, and what remains at the bottom of the distillation tower, thick and dark, is what workers in the industry call resid. Because it burns less cleanly than refined fuels, it is mostly sold to large ships, power plants and industrial furnaces rather than for cars or home heating. Environmental rules have pushed some refiners to process resid further into cleaner products instead of simply selling it as bunker fuel.
How RESID is used
A trade term used in oil refining and shipping, rarely seen outside technical writing.
- The refinery converts leftover resid into asphalt and fuel oil.
- Ships often burn resid because it is cheaper than diesel.
- Engineers measured the sulfur content of the resid sample.
- Newer refineries try to squeeze more value out of resid.
- The tank stored thousands of barrels of resid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RESID
The 5 tiles of RESID in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with RESID
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with RESID.
Words with RESID inside
Showing 24 of 43 words that contain RESID somewhere in the middle. Words that start with RESID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RESID
Showing 40 of 42. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about RESID
- Is RESID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESID, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESID worth?
- RESID is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESID mean?
- The heavy residual material left after crude oil has been refined to remove lighter fuels, used chiefly as a low-grade fuel oil.
- What letters can be added to RESID?
- RESID takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RESID:
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