REWIND is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. REWIND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REWIND?
| 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 REWIND is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REWIND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rewindsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REWIND scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in REWIND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does REWIND mean in Scrabble?
verb
To wind a tape, film or cassette back toward its beginning so that it can be played again.
The word belongs to the age of cassettes and video recorders, where a machine had to spool the tape backwards before a recording could be watched from the start. It lives on in streaming players, where a rewind button skips back a few seconds. People also use rewind figuratively for mentally going back over events.
How REWIND is used
Also a noun for the act or the button; common in talk about recordings and replays.
- Please rewind the tape before you return it to the shop.
- I had to rewind the scene twice to catch what she whispered.
- The old machine would rewind with a loud whirring sound.
- If only I could rewind the day and choose differently.
- Press the key to rewind ten seconds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REWIND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REWIND
The 6 tiles of REWIND in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with REWIND
6 longer words begin with REWIND.
Shorter words from the letters in REWIND
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Common questions about REWIND
- Is REWIND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REWIND, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REWIND worth?
- REWIND is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REWIND mean?
- To wind a tape, film or cassette back toward its beginning so that it can be played again.
- What letters can be added to REWIND?
- REWIND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of REWIND:
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