REVERBERANT is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. REVERBERANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REVERBERANT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REVERBERANT is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REVERBERANT
No single letter turns REVERBERANT into another word.
How REVERBERANT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in REVERBERANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 3 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so REVERBERANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does REVERBERANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Tending to echo or to keep a sound ringing for a long time after it is made.
A reverberant hall is one where sound bounces off hard surfaces and lingers, which can blur speech yet flatter organ music. Acousticians compare how reverberant a room is by timing how long a clap takes to die away.
How REVERBERANT is used
Used for rooms, spaces and sounds in acoustics and music, where reverberant describes a lingering echo.
- The stone chapel was so reverberant that every footstep rang twice.
- Choirs often prefer a reverberant space for slow hymns.
- The reverberant stairwell made the singer sound like a whole crowd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REVERBERANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with REVERBERANT
1 longer words begin with REVERBERANT.
Shorter words from the letters in REVERBERANT
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Common questions about REVERBERANT
- Is REVERBERANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REVERBERANT, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REVERBERANT worth?
- REVERBERANT is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REVERBERANT mean?
- Tending to echo or to keep a sound ringing for a long time after it is made.
- What letters can be added to REVERBERANT?
- No single letter can be added to REVERBERANT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of REVERBERANT:
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