RESUPINATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RESUPINATE 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 RESUPINATE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RESUPINATE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RESUPINATE
No single letter turns RESUPINATE into another word.
How RESUPINATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RESUPINATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RESUPINATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RESUPINATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Turned upside down or reversed in position, as some flowers and leaves are.
Resupinate is a botanist term: orchid flowers twist on their stalks so that the lip ends up at the bottom, which makes them resupinate. Some fungi also lie flat with their pores facing out.
How RESUPINATE is used
A specialist word in botany and mycology for inverted plant parts.
- Orchid blooms are typically resupinate.
- The resupinate fungus grows flat on dead wood.
- The botanist noted a resupinate leaf on the specimen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RESUPINATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RESUPINATE
The 10 tiles of RESUPINATE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in RESUPINATE
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Common questions about RESUPINATE
- Is RESUPINATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RESUPINATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RESUPINATE worth?
- RESUPINATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RESUPINATE mean?
- Turned upside down or reversed in position, as some flowers and leaves are.
- What letters can be added to RESUPINATE?
- No single letter can be added to RESUPINATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RESUPINATE:
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