BELATEDNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BELATEDNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELATEDNESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELATEDNESS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELATEDNESS
No single letter turns BELATEDNESS into another word.
How BELATEDNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BELATEDNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BELATEDNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BELATEDNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The state of coming too late or after the proper time.
Belatedness can describe a late apology, a late discovery or a work that arrives after its moment has passed. Critics also use it for artists who feel they came after the great masters.
How BELATEDNESS is used
The noun belatedness is formal and appears in essays and criticism.
- The belatedness of the reply made it useless.
- He felt a strange belatedness among his famous peers.
- Her belatedness in answering was blamed on the post.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELATEDNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELATEDNESS
1 longer words begin with BELATEDNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in BELATEDNESS
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Common questions about BELATEDNESS
- Is BELATEDNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELATEDNESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELATEDNESS worth?
- BELATEDNESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELATEDNESS mean?
- The state of coming too late or after the proper time.
- What letters can be added to BELATEDNESS?
- No single letter can be added to BELATEDNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BELATEDNESS:
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