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Is repeat a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word repeat is a Scrabble US word. The word repeat is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

R1E1P3E1A1T1

Is repeat a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word repeat is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

R1E1P3E1A1T1

Is repeat a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word repeat is a Words With Friends word. The word repeat is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1P4E1A1T1

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6-letter words (3 found)

EPATER,REPEAT,RETAPE,

5-letter words (16 found)

APERT,APTER,ARETE,EATER,ETAPE,PATER,PEARE,PEART,PEREA,PETAR,PETER,PETRE,PRATE,REATE,TAPER,TRAPE,

4-letter words (25 found)

APER,ARET,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PEER,PERE,PERT,PRAT,PREE,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,REAP,RETE,TAPE,TARE,TARP,TEAR,TEER,TEPA,TRAP,TREE,

3-letter words (27 found)

APE,APT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERE,ETA,PAR,PAT,PEA,PEE,PER,PET,PRE,RAP,RAT,REE,REP,RET,TAE,TAP,TAR,TEA,TEE,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,EE,ER,ET,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 84 words from repeat according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of repeat

repeat

Etymology

From Middle English repeten, from Old French repeter, from Latin repetō, repetere, from the prefix re- (“again”) + peto (“attack, beseech”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpiːt/
  • (General American)
    • (verb) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpit/
    • (noun) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpit/, /ˈɹi.pit/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpiːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

repeat (third-person singular simple present repeats, present participle repeating, simple past and past participle repeated)

  1. (transitive) To do or say again (and again).
  2. (transitive, medicine, pharmacy) To refill (a prescription).
  3. (intransitive) To happen again; recur.
  4. (transitive) To echo the words of (a person).
  5. (intransitive) To strike the hours, as a watch does.
  6. (obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
  7. (law, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
  8. (procedure word, military) To call in a previous artillery fire mission with the same ammunition and method either on the coordinates or adjusted either because destruction of the target was insufficient or missed.
  9. To commit fraud in an election by voting more than once for the same candidate.

Synonyms

  • (to do or say again): redo, reiterate, reprise, rework see also Thesaurus:reiterate
  • (to happen again): reoccur; see also Thesaurus:repeat

Derived terms

Related terms

  • repetition
  • repetitive

Translations

Noun

repeat (plural repeats)

  1. An iteration; a repetition.
  2. A television program shown after its initial presentation; a rerun.
  3. (medicine, pharmacy) A refill of a prescription.
  4. (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of nucleic acids that occur in multiple copies throughout a genome (or of amino acids in a protein).
  5. (music) A mark in music notation directing a part to be repeated.

Synonyms

  • (iteration; repetition): reiteration, reoccurrence; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Derived terms

  • decarepeat
  • homorepeat
  • direct repeat

Translations

See also

  • redundant

Anagrams

  • Partee, Perate, retape

Source: wiktionary.org