RETELL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RETELL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RETELL?
| 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 RETELL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETELL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RETELL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RETELL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What does RETELL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To tell a story, event, or piece of information again, often in a different way or for a new audience.
Retell is common in discussions of stories, myths, and history, describing how the same tale is told again by a different author, in a different form, or for a different generation, such as a picture book that retells a classic fairy tale. It is also used more plainly for repeating an account of something that happened, as when a witness retells events to a second officer. Writers and teachers often use retell as a classroom exercise, asking children to retell a story in their own words to check that they understood it. The word implies the content stays essentially the same even though the telling itself is new.
How RETELL is used
Common in writing about literature, folklore, and education, as well as in everyday speech about repeating an account of events.
- The film retells the myth for a modern audience.
- Ask the children to retell the story in their own words.
- He had to retell the accident to a second police officer.
- Every culture seems to retell its own version of a great flood.
- The documentary retells her career through old interviews.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETELL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RETELL
The 6 tiles of RETELL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with RETELL
5 longer words begin with RETELL.
Shorter words from the letters in RETELL
Common questions about RETELL
- Is RETELL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETELL, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETELL worth?
- RETELL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETELL mean?
- To tell a story, event, or piece of information again, often in a different way or for a new audience.
- What letters can be added to RETELL?
- RETELL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RETELL:
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