DEWLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DEWLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEWLESS?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEWLESS is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEWLESS
No single letter turns DEWLESS into another word.
How DEWLESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DEWLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,263 thousand.
What does DEWLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
poetic
Having no dew on its surface, as grass does on a dry night.
Dewless describes grass, mornings or land on which no dew has formed, often because the night was dry or windy. Poets use it to suggest dryness and lack of refreshment. It is seldom seen outside literary writing.
How DEWLESS is used
Rare and poetic; used for dry mornings and parched ground.
- The dewless lawn crackled under their feet.
- After a dewless night the farmers feared a drought.
- A dewless dawn broke over the hills.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEWLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DEWLESS
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Common questions about DEWLESS
- Is DEWLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEWLESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEWLESS worth?
- DEWLESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEWLESS mean?
- Having no dew on its surface, as grass does on a dry night.
- What letters can be added to DEWLESS?
- No single letter can be added to DEWLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DEWLESS:
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