CRUELNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CRUELNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRUELNESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRUELNESS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRUELNESS
No single letter turns CRUELNESS into another word.
How CRUELNESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CRUELNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRUELNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRUELNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The quality of being cruel, or willing to cause pain without concern.
Cruelness is a rarer cousin of cruelty and tends to sound old-fashioned. Writers choose it to stress the nature of a person rather than a single act.
How CRUELNESS is used
Rare; cruelty is the usual word.
- The cruelness of the winter shocked the villagers.
- He was known for his cruelness to animals.
- Nothing excused such cruelness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRUELNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CRUELNESS
1 longer words begin with CRUELNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in CRUELNESS
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Common questions about CRUELNESS
- Is CRUELNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRUELNESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRUELNESS worth?
- CRUELNESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRUELNESS mean?
- The quality of being cruel, or willing to cause pain without concern.
- What letters can be added to CRUELNESS?
- No single letter can be added to CRUELNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CRUELNESS:
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