COSTLINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COSTLINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COSTLINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COSTLINESS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COSTLINESS
No single letter turns COSTLINESS into another word.
How COSTLINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COSTLINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COSTLINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COSTLINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of costing a great deal of money.
The costliness of a repair often decides whether people mend an item or replace it. Costliness can also describe the heavy price paid in lives or effort, not only in money.
How COSTLINESS is used
Costliness is a noun for high price and is less common than the adjective costly.
- The costliness of the equipment put off many buyers.
- Nobody expected the costliness of the delay.
- The costliness of living in the capital drove families away.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COSTLINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COSTLINESS
1 longer words begin with COSTLINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in COSTLINESS
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Common questions about COSTLINESS
- Is COSTLINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COSTLINESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COSTLINESS worth?
- COSTLINESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COSTLINESS mean?
- The quality of costing a great deal of money.
- What letters can be added to COSTLINESS?
- No single letter can be added to COSTLINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COSTLINESS:
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