DANKNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DANKNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DANKNESS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DANKNESS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DANKNESS
No single letter turns DANKNESS into another word.
How DANKNESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DANKNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DANKNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DANKNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The unpleasant, cold dampness of a place.
The dankness of a cave or cellar suggests mould, stale air and little light. It has a gloomier tone than plain dampness.
How DANKNESS is used
Used mostly for dark, enclosed places and for atmosphere in descriptive writing.
- The dankness of the tunnel clung to our clothes.
- A smell of dankness rose from the old well.
- They stepped from the sunshine into the dankness of the crypt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DANKNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DANKNESS
1 longer words begin with DANKNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in DANKNESS
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Common questions about DANKNESS
- Is DANKNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DANKNESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DANKNESS worth?
- DANKNESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DANKNESS mean?
- The unpleasant, cold dampness of a place.
- What letters can be added to DANKNESS?
- No single letter can be added to DANKNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DANKNESS:
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