BARENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BARENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARENESS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARENESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARENESS
No single letter turns BARENESS into another word.
How BARENESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BARENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BARENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BARENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The state of being without covering, decoration or furnishings.
Bareness can describe a room with nothing in it, a hillside without trees, or a branch with no leaves. It often suggests a plain or bleak look, though it can also mean pleasing simplicity.
How BARENESS is used
The noun bareness is used for places, objects and sometimes writing style.
- The bareness of the cell made it feel even colder.
- Winter showed the bareness of the orchard.
- He liked the bareness of her prose, with no wasted words.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARENESS
1 longer words begin with BARENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in BARENESS
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Common questions about BARENESS
- Is BARENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARENESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARENESS worth?
- BARENESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARENESS mean?
- The state of being without covering, decoration or furnishings.
- What letters can be added to BARENESS?
- No single letter can be added to BARENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BARENESS:
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