AVERSENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. AVERSENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVERSENESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVERSENESS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVERSENESS
No single letter turns AVERSENESS into another word.
How AVERSENESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AVERSENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AVERSENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AVERSENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A settled dislike of or unwillingness toward something.
Averseness describes the inner reluctance itself, not the act of refusing. It is a rarer cousin of the adjective averse, which is far more common. You might meet it in careful, slightly old-fashioned writing about temperament.
How AVERSENESS is used
A formal abstract noun, usually followed by to or from, for reluctance or distaste.
- His averseness to crowds kept him at home.
- There was a clear averseness to risk among the investors.
- Her averseness to change slowed the project.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVERSENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVERSENESS
1 longer words begin with AVERSENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in AVERSENESS
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Common questions about AVERSENESS
- Is AVERSENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVERSENESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVERSENESS worth?
- AVERSENESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVERSENESS mean?
- A settled dislike of or unwillingness toward something.
- What letters can be added to AVERSENESS?
- No single letter can be added to AVERSENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AVERSENESS:
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