DESOLATENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DESOLATENESS 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 DESOLATENESS?
| 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 DESOLATENESS is to know. It scores 13 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DESOLATENESS
No single letter turns DESOLATENESS into another word.
How DESOLATENESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in DESOLATENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DESOLATENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DESOLATENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The condition of being empty, bleak and without people or comfort.
Desolateness can belong to a landscape, like a salt flat, or to a person who feels utterly alone. Poets reach for desolateness when they want both emptiness and sadness in one word.
How DESOLATENESS is used
Used for abandoned places and for deep feelings of misery.
- The desolateness of the moor struck every traveller.
- She felt a sudden desolateness after the funeral.
- Photographs captured the desolateness of the empty town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DESOLATENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DESOLATENESS
1 longer words begin with DESOLATENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in DESOLATENESS
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Common questions about DESOLATENESS
- Is DESOLATENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DESOLATENESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DESOLATENESS worth?
- DESOLATENESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DESOLATENESS mean?
- The condition of being empty, bleak and without people or comfort.
- What letters can be added to DESOLATENESS?
- No single letter can be added to DESOLATENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of DESOLATENESS:
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