Jumble solved
Is REPULSE a word? Yes.
REPULSE is a valid word in the Scrabble dictionary — 7 letters, worth 9 points before any premium squares. It rearranges into 1 anagram, with 104 words hidden inside it.
- Total words
- 104
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 7 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 3 : 4
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 3 vowels (E, U, E) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 4 remaining consonants (R, P, L, S).
repulse in a sentence
“Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of REPULSE
One word uses all 7 letters:
- repulse
7-letter words
1 word found- repulse59
6-letter words
7 words found5-letter words
28 words found+ 13 more 5-letter words
4-letter words
37 words found+ 22 more 4-letter words
3-letter words
24 words found+ 9 more 3-letter words
2-letter words
7 words foundWords hidden inside REPULSE
Without moving a single letter, reading repulse straight through uncovers 4 shorter words — pulse, puls, pul, rep. The longest unbroken run is pulse.
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Shorter words inside REPULSE — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to REPULSE
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and repulse opens up 9 8-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
7
Distinct
6
Vowels
43%
E, U, E
Consonants
57%
R, P, L, S
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Solving REPULSE: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters repulse?
Rearranging the 7 letters in repulse produces 104 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 7-letter answer repulse here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does repulse have any anagrams?
Using all 7 letters, repulse rearranges into exactly one word: repulse.
What is the longest word you can make from repulse?
The longest solution is repulse at 7 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from repulse?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: repulse yields eel, els, ere, ers, lee, leu, pee, per, pes and pul. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "repulse" used in a sentence?
Repulse is itself a valid word. For example: "Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from repulse scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, repulse is the top scorer from repulse at 59 points, followed by lepers (8), peruse (8) and pulers (8). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside repulse?
Read left to right without moving any letters and repulse already contains 4 shorter words: pulse, puls, pul and rep. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is pulse. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.