CARELESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CARELESS 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 CARELESS?
| 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 CARELESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARELESS
No single letter turns CARELESS into another word.
How CARELESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CARELESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARELESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARELESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Not giving enough attention or thought to avoiding mistakes or harm.
A careless person is not necessarily cruel or lazy, just inattentive at the moment when attention mattered. The word can also describe something done casually and without effort, as in a careless shrug.
How CARELESS is used
Careless describes people, actions and results, and often follows words like mistake, error or driver.
- A careless slip with the knife cost him a stitch or two.
- The report was full of careless errors.
- She gave a careless wave and walked on.
- Careless driving is a leading cause of accidents.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARELESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CARELESS
The 8 tiles of CARELESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CARELESS
3 longer words begin with CARELESS.
Shorter words from the letters in CARELESS
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Common questions about CARELESS
- Is CARELESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARELESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARELESS worth?
- CARELESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARELESS mean?
- Not giving enough attention or thought to avoiding mistakes or harm.
- What letters can be added to CARELESS?
- No single letter can be added to CARELESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CARELESS:
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