BATTINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BATTINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BATTINESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BATTINESS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BATTINESS
No single letter turns BATTINESS into another word.
How BATTINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BATTINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BATTINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BATTINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
The quality of being slightly crazy or eccentric.
Battiness is a gentle, often affectionate word for odd behaviour, nothing like serious illness. The picture behind it is of someone with bats in the belfry.
How BATTINESS is used
Battiness is informal, mainly British, and used humorously about harmless eccentricity.
- Her battiness made every family dinner entertaining.
- He put the battiness of the plan down to too little sleep.
- We loved the old professor for his cheerful battiness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BATTINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BATTINESS
1 longer words begin with BATTINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in BATTINESS
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Common questions about BATTINESS
- Is BATTINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BATTINESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BATTINESS worth?
- BATTINESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BATTINESS mean?
- The quality of being slightly crazy or eccentric.
- What letters can be added to BATTINESS?
- No single letter can be added to BATTINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BATTINESS:
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