DIRECTEDNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. DIRECTEDNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIRECTEDNESS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIRECTEDNESS is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIRECTEDNESS
No single letter turns DIRECTEDNESS into another word.
How DIRECTEDNESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in DIRECTEDNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIRECTEDNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIRECTEDNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The quality of having a definite direction or aim.
Directedness is used in psychology and philosophy for behaviour that points toward a goal. In mathematics it can also describe a graph or relation where each link has a set direction.
How DIRECTEDNESS is used
An abstract, academic term; directedness appears in theory-heavy writing.
- The directedness of her work impressed the committee.
- Researchers study the directedness of attention in children.
- The directedness of the graph affects the algorithm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIRECTEDNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIRECTEDNESS
1 longer words begin with DIRECTEDNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in DIRECTEDNESS
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Common questions about DIRECTEDNESS
- Is DIRECTEDNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIRECTEDNESS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIRECTEDNESS worth?
- DIRECTEDNESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIRECTEDNESS mean?
- The quality of having a definite direction or aim.
- What letters can be added to DIRECTEDNESS?
- No single letter can be added to DIRECTEDNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of DIRECTEDNESS:
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