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Is reprove a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word reprove is a Scrabble US word. The word reprove is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is reprove a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word reprove is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

R1E1P3R1O1V4E1

Is reprove a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word reprove is a Words With Friends word. The word reprove is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

REPROVE,

6-letter words (1 found)

PROVER,

5-letter words (9 found)

PERVE,PERVO,PORER,PREVE,PRORE,PROVE,REPRO,ROPER,ROVER,

4-letter words (15 found)

EREV,EVER,EVOE,OVER,PEER,PERE,PERV,PORE,PREE,REPO,ROPE,RORE,ROVE,VEEP,VEER,

3-letter words (18 found)

ERE,ERR,EVE,EVO,OPE,ORE,PEE,PER,PRE,PRO,REE,REO,REP,REV,ROE,VEE,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,ER,OE,OP,OR,PE,PO,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 53 words from reprove according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of reprove

reprove

Etymology 1

From Middle English repreven, reproven, from Anglo-Norman reprover, Middle French reprouver, from Latin reprobāre. Doublet of reprobate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpɹuːv/
  • Rhymes: -uːv

Verb

reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past and past participle reproved)

  1. (intransitive) To express disapproval. [from 14th c.] (Can we add an example for this sense?)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:reprehend
  2. (transitive) To criticise, rebuke or reprimand (someone), usually in a gentle and kind tone. [from 14th c.]
  3. (transitive) To deny or reject (a feeling, behaviour, action etc.). [from 14th c.]
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 856:
      She ached to be with Affad again – and to reprove the feeling she frowned and bit her lip.
Derived terms
  • reproof
  • reproval
Translations

Etymology 2

re- +‎ prove

Alternative forms

  • re-prove

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈpɹuːv/
  • Rhymes: -uːv

Verb

reprove (third-person singular simple present reproves, present participle reproving, simple past reproved, past participle reproved or (rare) reproven)

  1. (transitive) To prove again.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔvi

Verb

reprove

  1. inflection of reprovar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org