DISMALNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. DISMALNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DISMALNESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DISMALNESS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DISMALNESS
No single letter turns DISMALNESS into another word.
How DISMALNESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DISMALNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DISMALNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DISMALNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being gloomy, cheerless and depressing.
Dismalness belongs to grey weather, bare rooms and miserable moods. The adjective is common; this noun is chosen when a writer wants to dwell on the gloom itself.
How DISMALNESS is used
Dismalness is uncommon but used in descriptive writing about places and moods.
- The dismalness of the November rain settled on the town.
- Nothing relieved the dismalness of the waiting room.
- She could not bear the dismalness of the empty street.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DISMALNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DISMALNESS
1 longer words begin with DISMALNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in DISMALNESS
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Common questions about DISMALNESS
- Is DISMALNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DISMALNESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DISMALNESS worth?
- DISMALNESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DISMALNESS mean?
- The quality of being gloomy, cheerless and depressing.
- What letters can be added to DISMALNESS?
- No single letter can be added to DISMALNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DISMALNESS:
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