CANONESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANONESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANONESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANONESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANONESS
No single letter turns CANONESS into another word.
How CANONESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANONESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANONESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANONESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A woman who belongs to a religious community living under a rule, or who holds a canonry in a convent chapter.
Unlike a nun, a canoness historically kept more personal freedom and sometimes her own property. The title survives in a few Catholic and Protestant foundations in Europe.
How CANONESS is used
A church and historical term for a woman in a canonical community.
- The canoness lived in a convent near the old cathedral.
- A canoness was permitted to hold property of her own.
- He wrote a biography of a medieval canoness and scholar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANONESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CANONESS
The 8 tiles of CANONESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CANONESS
1 longer words begin with CANONESS.
Shorter words from the letters in CANONESS
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Common questions about CANONESS
- Is CANONESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANONESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANONESS worth?
- CANONESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANONESS mean?
- A woman who belongs to a religious community living under a rule, or who holds a canonry in a convent chapter.
- What letters can be added to CANONESS?
- No single letter can be added to CANONESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANONESS:
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