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Is repulse a Scrabble word?

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

R1E1P3U1L1S1E1

Is repulse a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1P3U1L1S1E1

Is repulse a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word repulse is a Words With Friends word. The word repulse is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1P4U2L2S1E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

REPULSE,

6-letter words (8 found)

LEPERS,PERSUE,PERUSE,PULERS,PULSER,PUREES,REPELS,RUPEES,

5-letter words (40 found)

LEEPS,LEERS,LEPER,LERES,LERPS,LURES,LUSER,PEELS,PEERS,PELES,PERES,PERSE,PLUES,PREES,PRESE,PUERS,PULER,PULES,PULSE,PUREE,PURES,PURLS,PURSE,PUSLE,REELS,REPEL,REUSE,RULES,RUPEE,SLEEP,SLEER,SLURP,SPEEL,SPEER,SPREE,SPRUE,SPUER,SPULE,SUPER,UPSEE,

4-letter words (50 found)

EELS,ELSE,ERES,LEEP,LEER,LEES,LEPS,LERE,LERP,LUES,LURE,LURS,PEEL,PEER,PEES,PELE,PELS,PERE,PLUE,PLUS,PREE,PUER,PULE,PULS,PURE,PURL,PURS,REEL,REES,REPS,RUES,RULE,RUSE,SEEL,SEEP,SEER,SELE,SERE,SLEE,SLUE,SLUR,SPUE,SPUR,SUER,SUPE,SURE,ULES,URES,URPS,USER,

3-letter words (33 found)

EEL,ELS,ERE,ERS,LEE,LEP,LES,LEU,LUR,PEE,PEL,PER,PES,PLU,PRE,PUL,PUR,PUS,REE,REP,RES,RUE,SEE,SEL,SER,SUE,SUP,SUR,ULE,UPS,URE,URP,USE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EL,ER,ES,PE,RE,UP,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 142 words from repulse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of repulse

repulse

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repulsus, from repellere (“to drive back”), from re- (“back”) + pellere (“to drive”).

For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈpʌls/

Verb

repulse (third-person singular simple present repulses, present participle repulsing, simple past and past participle repulsed)

  1. (transitive) To repel or drive back.
    to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
  2. (transitive) To reject or rebuff.
    to repulse a suitor
  3. (transitive) To cause revulsion in.
    The smell of rotting food repulsed me.
    I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.

Translations

Noun

repulse (plural repulses)

  1. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
  2. refusal, rejection or repulsion

Related terms

  • repel
  • repellent
  • repulsion
  • repulsive
  • pulse

Further reading

  • “repulse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “repulse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “repulse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Slurpee, pelures, perules

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

repulse

  1. third-person singular past historic of repellere

Etymology 2

Participle

repulse f pl

  1. feminine plural of repulso

Noun

repulse

  1. plural of repulso

Anagrams

  • preluse, presule

Latin

Participle

repulse

  1. vocative masculine singular of repulsus

Spanish

Verb

repulse

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

Source: wiktionary.org