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Is relent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word relent is a Scrabble US word. The word relent is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is relent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word relent is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

R1E1L1E1N1T1

Is relent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word relent is a Words With Friends word. The word relent is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

RELENT,

5-letter words (5 found)

ENTER,RELET,RENTE,TERNE,TREEN,

4-letter words (18 found)

ERNE,ETEN,LEER,LEET,LENT,LERE,NETE,REEL,REEN,RENT,RETE,TEEL,TEEN,TEER,TELE,TENE,TERN,TREE,

3-letter words (16 found)

EEL,EEN,ELT,ENE,ERE,ERN,LEE,LET,NEE,NET,REE,REN,RET,TEE,TEL,TEN,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,EL,EN,ER,ET,NE,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from relent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of relent

relent

Etymology

From Middle English relenten, from Anglo-Norman relentir, from Latin re- + lentare (“to bend”), from lentus (“soft, pliant, slow”). Earliest recording dates to 1526.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈlɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

relent (plural relents)

  1. Stay; stop; delay.
  2. (obsolete) A relenting.

Derived terms

  • relentless

Translations

Verb

relent (third-person singular simple present relents, present participle relenting, simple past and past participle relented)

  1. (intransitive) To give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.
  2. (intransitive) To slacken; to abate.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To lessen, make less severe or intense.
  4. (dated, intransitive, of substance) To become less rigid or hard; to soften; to yield, for example by dissolving or melting

Translations

Adjective

relent (comparative more relent, superlative most relent)

  1. (obsolete) softhearted; yielding

References

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ lent (“slow”), in the sense “lingering”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.lɑ̃/

Noun

relent m (plural relents)

  1. lingering smell (usually bad); stench
  2. (figuratively) overtone

Further reading

  • “relent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Verb

relent

  1. Alternative form of relenten

Source: wiktionary.org