DUNNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DUNNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUNNESS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUNNESS is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUNNESS
No single letter turns DUNNESS into another word.
How DUNNESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DUNNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 926,363.
What does DUNNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The quality of having a dull greyish-brown colour.
Dunness is chiefly a horse-breeder or painter word for a muted, earthy shade. It is far rarer than the colour name dun it comes from.
How DUNNESS is used
Dunness is rare and turns up mostly in descriptions of coats, cloth or landscape colour.
- The dunness of the moor stretched to the horizon in November.
- Painters sometimes struggle to capture the dunness of wet stone.
- The mare was prized for the even dunness of her coat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUNNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUNNESS
1 longer words begin with DUNNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in DUNNESS
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Common questions about DUNNESS
- Is DUNNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUNNESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUNNESS worth?
- DUNNESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUNNESS mean?
- The quality of having a dull greyish-brown colour.
- What letters can be added to DUNNESS?
- No single letter can be added to DUNNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DUNNESS:
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