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Is repress a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word repress is a Scrabble US word. The word repress is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

R1E1P3R1E1S1S1

Is repress a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word repress is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

R1E1P3R1E1S1S1

Is repress a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word repress is a Words With Friends word. The word repress is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1P4R1E1S1S1

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7-letter words (3 found)

PRESSER,REPRESS,SPERRES,

6-letter words (7 found)

PERSES,PRESES,SERRES,SPEERS,SPERRE,SPERSE,SPREES,

5-letter words (16 found)

ERSES,PEERS,PERES,PERSE,PREES,PRESE,PRESS,RESES,SEEPS,SEERS,SERER,SERES,SERRE,SERRS,SPEER,SPREE,

4-letter words (18 found)

ERES,ERRS,ESES,ESSE,PEER,PEES,PERE,PREE,REES,REPS,SEEP,SEER,SEES,SEPS,SERE,SERR,SERS,SESE,

3-letter words (13 found)

ERE,ERR,ERS,ESS,PEE,PER,PES,PRE,REE,REP,RES,SEE,SER,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,ER,ES,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 63 words from repress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of repress

repress

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“I repress”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈpɹɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)

  1. (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
Synonyms
  • (forcefully preventing an upheaval from developing): to crush; to quell; to subdue; to suppress
  • (to keep back): to restrain; to hold back
Related terms
  • repression
  • repressive
  • repressor
Translations

Etymology 2

re- +‎ press

Verb

repress (third-person singular simple present represses, present participle repressing, simple past and past participle repressed)

  1. To press again.
    to repress a vinyl record

Noun

repress (plural represses)

  1. A record pressed again; a repressing.

Anagrams

  • Presser, presser

Source: wiktionary.org