RESILIENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RESILIENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RESILIENCE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESILIENCE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESILIENCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
resiliencesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RESILIENCE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RESILIENCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RESILIENCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RESILIENCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The ability to recover quickly after difficulty, or of a material to spring back into shape.
Resilience is prized in people who bounce back from setbacks and in materials such as rubber that return to form. It suggests flexibility rather than mere hardness.
How RESILIENCE is used
Used for people and communities in hard times and for elastic materials.
- The town showed great resilience after the flood.
- Rubber has natural resilience.
- Her resilience carried her through a hard year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESILIENCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RESILIENCE
1 longer words begin with RESILIENCE.
Shorter words from the letters in RESILIENCE
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Common questions about RESILIENCE
- Is RESILIENCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESILIENCE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESILIENCE worth?
- RESILIENCE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESILIENCE mean?
- The ability to recover quickly after difficulty, or of a material to spring back into shape.
- What letters can be added to RESILIENCE?
- RESILIENCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RESILIENCE:
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