RETOOL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RETOOL 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 RETOOL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RETOOL is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETOOL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
retoolsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RETOOL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RETOOL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,637.
What stands out about RETOOL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 3 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 RETOOL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To re-equip a factory, business or plan with new tools, methods or approach in order to improve or adapt it.
A factory retools when it swaps out old machinery for new equipment, often to build a different product or to work more efficiently than before. Beyond the shop floor, businesses and even governments are said to retool a strategy, a department or a whole industry when they restructure it to meet new goals or respond to changed circumstances. The word carries a strong sense of deliberate, planned change rather than a minor tweak, since retooling usually means significant investment of time or money. It became especially common in twentieth-century writing about manufacturing, and has since spread into general business and political language.
How RETOOL is used
Common in business, manufacturing and political writing about reorganizing or updating an operation.
- The car plant had to retool its assembly line for the new model.
- The company plans to retool its marketing strategy after weak sales.
- Factories across the region retooled quickly during the war effort.
- The mayor promised to retool the city approach to public transit.
- Retooling the software took the team several months of work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETOOL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RETOOL
The 6 tiles of RETOOL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RETOOL
3 longer words begin with RETOOL.
Shorter words from the letters in RETOOL
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Common questions about RETOOL
- Is RETOOL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETOOL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETOOL worth?
- RETOOL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETOOL mean?
- To re-equip a factory, business or plan with new tools, methods or approach in order to improve or adapt it.
- What letters can be added to RETOOL?
- RETOOL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RETOOL:
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