1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Require in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does require mean? Is require a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is require worth? require how many points in Words With Friends? What does require mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for require

See how to calculate how many points for require.

Is require a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word require is a Scrabble US word. The word require is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

R1E1Q10U1I1R1E1

Is require a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word require is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

R1E1Q10U1I1R1E1

Is require a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word require is a Words With Friends word. The word require is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1Q10U2I1R1E1

Our tools

Valid words made from Require

Jump to...

Results

7-letter words (2 found)

QUERIER,REQUIRE,

5-letter words (2 found)

QUEER,QUIRE,

4-letter words (2 found)

IURE,RUER,

3-letter words (7 found)

ERE,ERR,IRE,REE,REI,RUE,URE,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,ER,QI,RE,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 19 words from require according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of require

require

Etymology

From Old French requerre (French: requérir), from Latin requīrō (“I require, seek, ask for”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkwaɪə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ/
  • (Canada, idle-idol split) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkwʌɪɹ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: re‧quire

Verb

require (third-person singular simple present requires, present participle requiring, simple past and past participle required)

  1. (obsolete) To ask (someone) for something; to request. [14th–17th c.]
  2. To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. [from 14th c.]
  3. Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary. [from 15th c.]
  4. To demand of (someone) to do something. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

  • call for

Derived terms

Related terms

  • requirement
  • requisite
  • request

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • querier

Galician

Verb

require

  1. inflection of requirir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Verb

require

  1. present of requirer
  2. imperative of requirer

Latin

Verb

requīre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of requīrō

Source: wiktionary.org