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Is reredos a Scrabble word?

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

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Is reredos a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1R1E1D2O1S1

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Yes. The word reredos is a Words With Friends word. The word reredos is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1R1E1D2O1S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

REREDOS,

6-letter words (9 found)

DERROS,DOREES,DORSER,DRERES,ERODES,ORDERS,REDOES,REROSE,SERRED,

5-letter words (31 found)

DEERS,DERES,DEROS,DERRO,DOERS,DOREE,DORES,DORRS,DORSE,DOSER,DREER,DREES,DRERE,ERODE,EROSE,ERRED,ORDER,REDES,REDOS,REEDS,RESOD,RODES,RORES,ROSED,SEDER,SERED,SERER,SERRE,SORED,SOREE,SORER,

4-letter words (36 found)

DEER,DEES,DERE,DERO,DOER,DOES,DORE,DORR,DORS,DOSE,DREE,ERED,ERES,EROS,ERRS,ODES,ORDS,ORES,REDE,REDO,REDS,REED,REES,REOS,RODE,RODS,ROED,ROES,RORE,ROSE,SEED,SEER,SERE,SERR,SORD,SORE,

3-letter words (26 found)

DEE,DOE,DOR,DOS,DSO,EDS,ERE,ERR,ERS,ODE,ODS,OES,ORD,ORE,ORS,OSE,RED,REE,REO,RES,ROD,ROE,SED,SEE,SER,SOD,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DO,ED,EE,ER,ES,OD,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 116 words from reredos according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of reredos

reredos

Alternative forms

  • raredos, reredosse

Etymology

From Middle English reredos, from Anglo-Norman reredos, areredos; equivalent to rere (“rear”) + French dos (“back”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹiɹ.dɒs/, IPA(key): /ˈɹiɹɪdɒs/

Noun

reredos (plural reredoses)

  1. (chiefly Western Christianity) A screen or decoration behind the altar in a church, usually depicting religious iconography or images, akin to the iconostasis of the Eastern Churches.
    Synonym: retable
    Coordinate term: iconostasis
  2. The back of an open fire-hearth, in medieval halls.

Translations

Further reading

  • reredos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Roeders, eroders, redoers, redorse

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • redose, rerdoose, rerdos, rerdose, reredoce, rere-doos, reredose, rierdos

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman reredos, areredos; equivalent to rere (“rear, following”) + Old French dos (“back”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛːr(ə)dɔs/, /ˈrɛːr(ə)dɔːs/

Noun

reredos (plural reredosis)

  1. A reredos or retable; a panel at the back of an altar.
  2. A dorsal; a hanging or tapestry at the back of an altar.
  3. (rare) The back of a fireplace or hearth.
  4. (rare) A wood screen against the back of a chair or wall.
  5. (rare) A panel of armour for protecting the rear.
  6. (rare) The rearguard of an army.

Descendants

  • English: reredos

References

  • “rēre-dō̆s(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-11.

Source: wiktionary.org