BALDNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BALDNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BALDNESS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BALDNESS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BALDNESS
No single letter turns BALDNESS into another word.
How BALDNESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BALDNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BALDNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BALDNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Absence of hair on the head, whether from age, heredity or illness.
Baldness can be partial, as with a receding hairline, or complete. The word also describes writing or statements stripped of any softening detail, as in the baldness of a report.
How BALDNESS is used
Used for hair loss in people, and figuratively for blunt, unadorned speech.
- His early baldness never bothered him.
- Inherited baldness often shows up in a man's thirties.
- The baldness of the announcement shocked the staff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BALDNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BALDNESS
1 longer words begin with BALDNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in BALDNESS
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Common questions about BALDNESS
- Is BALDNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BALDNESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BALDNESS worth?
- BALDNESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BALDNESS mean?
- Absence of hair on the head, whether from age, heredity or illness.
- What letters can be added to BALDNESS?
- No single letter can be added to BALDNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BALDNESS:
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