Definition of RETELL

retell

Verb

Verb Forms: retold, retelling, retells

  • To tell a story or account again, often with new details.
  • render verbally,
    • "retell a story"
  • make into fiction
  • to say, state, or perform again
  • To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.

Examples

  • He loved to RETELL the story of how he scored a triple-triple bingo in the Words With Friends championship.

Origin / Etymology

From re- + tell.

Scrabble Score: 6

retell: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
retell: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
retell: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

retell: valid Words With Friends Word