COARSENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COARSENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COARSENESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COARSENESS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COARSENESS
No single letter turns COARSENESS into another word.
How COARSENESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COARSENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COARSENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COARSENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being rough in texture or crude and vulgar in manner.
Coarseness can be felt in the grain of sand, wool or flour. Applied to people, coarseness points to rough manners or rude language that lacks polish.
How COARSENESS is used
Coarseness describes materials that feel rough and speech or behaviour that seems crude.
- The coarseness of the cloth made it uncomfortable to wear.
- Guests were shocked by the coarseness of his jokes.
- The coarseness of the salt gave the dish a pleasant crunch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COARSENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COARSENESS
1 longer words begin with COARSENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in COARSENESS
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Common questions about COARSENESS
- Is COARSENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COARSENESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COARSENESS worth?
- COARSENESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COARSENESS mean?
- The quality of being rough in texture or crude and vulgar in manner.
- What letters can be added to COARSENESS?
- No single letter can be added to COARSENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COARSENESS:
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