8-Letter Words Starting With RECOIL
- 2 words
- All English dictionaries
- Scrabble points
Popular 8-Letter Words Starting With RECOIL
The most familiar words on this list, with their Scrabble scores.
All 8-Letter Words Starting With RECOIL 2 words
How common is RECOIL at the start of eight-letter words?
Our combined English word list has 2 eight-letter words that start with RECOIL. They average 10.5 points and the best is RECOILED (11 points).
- Total words
- 2
- Average Scrabble score
- 10.5
- out of 11 max
- Everyday words
- 50%
- common in ordinary English
- Most common ending
- D
- 50% of words
Most common last letters
- d 50%
- r 50%
Top vowel pairs
- oi100%
Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.
Rare words worth knowing
Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.
Highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with RECOIL
r 1e 1c 3o 1i 1l 1e 1d 2
R 1 + E 1 + C 3 + O 1 + I 1 + L 1 + E 1 + D 2 = 11 points
- Double word
- 22 pts
- Triple word
- 33 pts
Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).
recoiled
Form of recoil
- verbdraw back, as with fear or pain“she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf”
- verbcome back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect“Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”
- verbspring back; spring away from an impact“The rubber ball bounced”
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How many eight-letter words that start with RECOIL are there?
There are 2 eight-letter words that start with RECOIL in our combined English word list. Other dictionaries give different totals, so switch dictionary at the top of the list to compare.
What is the highest-scoring eight-letter word that starts with RECOIL?
RECOILED is worth 11 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are RECOILER (10).