What RESPITE Means
- noun: a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- noun: a pause from doing something (as work)“we took a 10-minute break”
- verb: postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RESPITE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 S1 P3 I1 T1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of RESPITE (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In RESPITE
174 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (17)
EPRISEESPIERESPRITPESTERPETERSPETRESPIERSTPIERTSPRESETPRIESTRESITERETIESRIPESTSITREPSPRITESTRIPETRIPES
5 letter words (54)
EPRISESTERPEERSPEISEPERESPERISPERSEPERSTPERTSPETERPETREPETRIPIERSPIERTPIETSPISTEPREESPRESEPRESTPRIESPRISEREESTREISTRESETRESITRETIERIPESRITESSIREESPEERSPEIRSPIERSPIRESPIRTSPITESPREESPRITSTEEPSTEERSTERESTIPESTIRESTIRPSTREPSTRIPTEERSTERESTERSETIERSTIRESTREESTRIESTRIPETRIPS
4 letter words (54)
ERESERSTIRESPEERPEESPEREPERIPERTPESTPETSPIERPIESPIETPIRSPISEPITSPREEREESREISREPSRESTRETERETSRIPERIPSRIPTRISERISPRITERITSSEEPSEERSEIRSEPTSERESIPESIRESITESPETSPIESPITSTEPSTIESTIRTEERTEESTIERTIESTIPSTIRETREETRESTRIETRIP
3 letter words (36)
EREERSESTIREITSPEEPERPESPETPIEPIRPISPITPREPSIPSTREEREIREPRESRETRIPRITSEESEISERSETSIPSIRSITSRITEETESTIETIPTIS
2 letter words (13)
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