ENNUI is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ENNUI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENNUI?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENNUI is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENNUI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ennuisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENNUI scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ENNUI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 11,618.
What does ENNUI mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A feeling of listlessness, boredom or weary dissatisfaction, often arising from a lack of interest or occupation.
Ennui names a deeper, more lingering kind of boredom than simply having nothing to do for an afternoon. The word entered English from French and kept a slightly literary flavour, often describing the flat, joyless mood of characters in novels who feel their lives lack purpose or excitement. Writers use ennui to suggest a state that comes from too much comfort or repetition rather than hardship, the tired restlessness of someone who has seen and done everything already. Unlike ordinary boredom, ennui often implies a mood that settles in for days or longer rather than passing quickly.
How ENNUI is used
A literary and somewhat formal word, more often met in fiction, essays and cultured conversation than in casual everyday speech.
- A deep ennui settled over him after months of the same routine.
- The novel's heroine suffers from an aristocratic ennui with no obvious cause.
- Long winters in the isolated town bred a quiet ennui among the residents.
- She described the meeting's ennui as worse than any argument.
- His diary entries from that year read as one long record of ennui.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENNUI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENNUI
2 longer words begin with ENNUI.
Shorter words from the letters in ENNUI
Common questions about ENNUI
- Is ENNUI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENNUI, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENNUI worth?
- ENNUI is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENNUI mean?
- A feeling of listlessness, boredom or weary dissatisfaction, often arising from a lack of interest or occupation.
- What letters can be added to ENNUI?
- ENNUI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ENNUI:
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