RETUNE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. RETUNE 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 RETUNE?
| 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 RETUNE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RETUNE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RETUNE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in RETUNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,904.
What stands out about RETUNE
- 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 RETUNE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To tune something again, adjusting it to a different or corrected frequency, pitch or setting.
A radio or television gets retuned whenever a broadcaster changes frequency, forcing viewers to scan the channels again before they can watch or listen. Musicians retune an instrument such as a guitar or violin when the strings have slipped out of pitch during a performance or between songs, restoring the correct notes rather than starting from scratch. The same word covers engineering contexts, where a system or piece of electronic equipment is retuned to work under new conditions or to correct a fault. In every case the prefix re- signals that tuning has already happened once and is now being repeated or adjusted.
How RETUNE is used
Common in contexts about music, radio and television, and in engineering wherever equipment needs a further tuning adjustment.
- Viewers had to retune their televisions after the channel switch.
- The guitarist paused to retune a string that had slipped flat.
- Engineers retuned the antenna to catch the new signal.
- She retuned the old radio to find the local station.
- The orchestra retuned briefly between the two pieces.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RETUNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RETUNE
The 6 tiles of RETUNE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RETUNE
2 longer words begin with RETUNE.
Shorter words from the letters in RETUNE
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Common questions about RETUNE
- Is RETUNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RETUNE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RETUNE worth?
- RETUNE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RETUNE mean?
- To tune something again, adjusting it to a different or corrected frequency, pitch or setting.
- What letters can be added to RETUNE?
- RETUNE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of RETUNE:
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