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Is resile a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word resile is a Scrabble US word. The word resile is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

R1E1S1I1L1E1

Is resile a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word resile is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

R1E1S1I1L1E1

Is resile a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word resile is a Words With Friends word. The word resile is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1S1I1L2E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

RELIES,RESILE,

5-letter words (14 found)

EISEL,ESILE,LEERS,LEIRS,LERES,LIERS,REELS,RELIE,RIELS,RILES,SILER,SIREE,SLEER,SLIER,

4-letter words (28 found)

EELS,ELSE,ERES,IRES,ISLE,LEER,LEES,LEIR,LEIS,LERE,LIER,LIES,LIRE,REEL,REES,REIS,RIEL,RILE,RISE,SEEL,SEER,SEIL,SEIR,SELE,SERE,SILE,SIRE,SLEE,

3-letter words (19 found)

EEL,ELS,ERE,ERS,IRE,LEE,LEI,LES,LIE,LIS,REE,REI,RES,SEE,SEI,SEL,SER,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (8 found)

EE,EL,ER,ES,IS,LI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 72 words from resile according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of resile

resile

Etymology

From Middle French resiler (compare French résilier), from Latin resiliō (“spring back”), from re- (“back”) + saliō (“I jump”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzaɪl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹəˈzaɪl/, /ɹiˈzaɪl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪl

Verb

resile (third-person singular simple present resiles, present participle resiling, simple past and past participle resiled)

  1. To start back; to recoil; to recede from a purpose.
    I once described this rather vulgarly as a Euro-wanking make-work project and I do not resile from that.
  2. To spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.

Related terms

  • resiliency
  • resilient
  • resilience
  • result

Translations

References

  • “resile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Eilers, Eisler, Leiers, Leiser, Lieser, relies

Source: wiktionary.org