AIRTIGHTNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. AIRTIGHTNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AIRTIGHTNESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AIRTIGHTNESS is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AIRTIGHTNESS
No single letter turns AIRTIGHTNESS into another word.
How AIRTIGHTNESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in AIRTIGHTNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AIRTIGHTNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AIRTIGHTNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of allowing no air to pass in or out.
Airtightness matters for food containers, storage vessels and buildings, where leaks waste energy or spoil contents. In construction, builders measure the airtightness of a house to see how much warmth escapes.
How AIRTIGHTNESS is used
Airtightness is common in building, packaging and engineering contexts.
- The airtightness of the lid keeps the coffee fresh for weeks.
- Inspectors tested the airtightness of the new house.
- Poor airtightness in the windows raised the heating bill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AIRTIGHTNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AIRTIGHTNESS
1 longer words begin with AIRTIGHTNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in AIRTIGHTNESS
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Common questions about AIRTIGHTNESS
- Is AIRTIGHTNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AIRTIGHTNESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AIRTIGHTNESS worth?
- AIRTIGHTNESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AIRTIGHTNESS mean?
- The quality of allowing no air to pass in or out.
- What letters can be added to AIRTIGHTNESS?
- No single letter can be added to AIRTIGHTNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of AIRTIGHTNESS:
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