ADVERSENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ADVERSENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADVERSENESS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADVERSENESS is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADVERSENESS
No single letter turns ADVERSENESS into another word.
How ADVERSENESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ADVERSENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADVERSENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADVERSENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The state of being unfavourable, hostile or working against someone or something.
This is a seldom-used abstract noun, and writers usually prefer the shorter adversity or simply the adjective adverse. Adverseness points to the quality of opposition itself, such as the unfriendly nature of conditions or of an attitude.
How ADVERSENESS is used
Adverseness is rare and mostly appears in formal or older prose about hostile conditions.
- The adverseness of the weather delayed the expedition by a week.
- She was surprised by the adverseness of his reply.
- Despite the adverseness of the market, the firm survived.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADVERSENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADVERSENESS
1 longer words begin with ADVERSENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in ADVERSENESS
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Common questions about ADVERSENESS
- Is ADVERSENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADVERSENESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADVERSENESS worth?
- ADVERSENESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADVERSENESS mean?
- The state of being unfavourable, hostile or working against someone or something.
- What letters can be added to ADVERSENESS?
- No single letter can be added to ADVERSENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ADVERSENESS:
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