TREPID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TREPID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TREPID?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TREPID is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TREPID
No single letter turns TREPID into another word.
How TREPID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TREPID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does TREPID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Shaking with fear, or full of nervous worry about what may happen.
Trepid is a back-formation from trepidation and is far less common than that noun. It describes a person who hesitates and trembles before something frightening, and it is sometimes used playfully as the opposite of intrepid. Most writers prefer words like fearful or timid, so trepid mostly turns up in word games and in deliberate wordplay.
How TREPID is used
Rare; met in literary or humorous writing and in Scrabble word lists.
- The trepid child hid behind her mother at the door.
- He gave a trepid glance at the dark stairs.
- A trepid hush fell over the waiting crowd.
- Unlike his intrepid brother, he was rather trepid.
- The trepid voice on the phone asked if anyone was home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TREPID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TREPID
The 6 tiles of TREPID in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TREPID
7 longer words begin with TREPID.
Shorter words from the letters in TREPID
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Common questions about TREPID
- Is TREPID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TREPID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TREPID worth?
- TREPID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TREPID mean?
- Shaking with fear, or full of nervous worry about what may happen.
- What letters can be added to TREPID?
- No single letter can be added to TREPID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TREPID:
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