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...and is worth 12 points by itself.
resolve
noun
1. A determination or decision; a fixed purpose.
2. A formal resolution made by a deliberative body.
3. Firmness of purpose; resolution.
4. Fixity of purpose .
5. Something that is .
verb
1. To progress from dissonance to consonance.
2. To become separated into component parts.
3. To become reduced by dissolving or analysis.
4. To form a resolution .
5. To work out the resolution of (as a play).
verb-intransitive
1. Music To undergo resolution.
2. To become separated or reduced to constituents.
3. To reach a decision or make a determination: resolve on a course of action.
verb-transitive
1. Archaic To separate (something) into constituent parts.
2. Chemistry To separate (an optically inactive compound or mixture) into its optically active constituents.
3. Mathematics To separate (a vector, for example) into coordinate components.
4. Medicine To cause reduction of (an inflammation, for example).
5. Music To cause (a tone or chord) to progress from dissonance to consonance.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
|---|---|---|
| resolve | 10 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
|---|---|
| er | 2 |
| so | 2 |
| re | 2 |
| os | 2 |
| or | 2 |
| oe | 2 |
| lo | 2 |
| el | 2 |
| es | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
|---|---|
| voe | 6 |
| ors | 3 |
| vee | 6 |
| ere | 3 |
| els | 3 |
| eel | 3 |
| oes | 3 |
| ole | 3 |
| ore | 3 |
| ose | 3 |
| ree | 3 |
| res | 3 |
| rev | 6 |
| roe | 3 |
| see | 3 |
| sel | 3 |
| ser | 3 |
| sev | 6 |
| sol | 3 |
| lee | 3 |
| ers | 3 |
| eve | 6 |
| lev | 6 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
|---|---|
| sore | 4 |
| reel | 4 |
| rees | 4 |
| revs | 7 |
| roes | 4 |
| role | 4 |
| rose | 4 |
| rove | 7 |
| vees | 7 |
| sole | 4 |
| sloe | 4 |
| sere | 4 |
| seer | 4 |
| seel | 4 |
| eves | 7 |
| ever | 7 |
| eros | 4 |
| else | 4 |
| lees | 4 |
| voes | 7 |
| veer | 7 |
| vole | 7 |
| love | 7 |
| lose | 4 |
| lore | 4 |
| levs | 7 |
| levo | 7 |
| leer | 4 |
| eels | 4 |
| oles | 4 |
| ores | 4 |
| orle | 4 |
| over | 7 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
|---|---|
| serve | 8 |
| servo | 8 |
| solve | 8 |
| voles | 8 |
| sorel | 5 |
| sever | 8 |
| verso | 8 |
| verse | 8 |
| veers | 8 |
| orles | 5 |
| lores | 5 |
| loser | 5 |
| lover | 8 |
| loves | 8 |
| lever | 8 |
| leers | 5 |
| erose | 5 |
| overs | 8 |
| reels | 5 |
| revel | 8 |
| roles | 5 |
| roves | 8 |
| elves | 8 |
| elver | 8 |
6 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
|---|---|
| soever | 9 |
| elvers | 9 |
| solver | 9 |
| levers | 9 |
| lovers | 9 |
| resole | 6 |
| revels | 9 |
7 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
|---|---|
| resolve | 10 |