FINLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FINLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FINLESS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FINLESS is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FINLESS
No single letter turns FINLESS into another word.
How FINLESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FINLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does FINLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no fins.
A finless creature must move in some other way, such as by wriggling or by using a tail or limbs. Biologists use finless to mark a difference between species, and a finless porpoise lacks a back fin.
How FINLESS is used
Finless is mostly used in zoology and in descriptions of fish, porpoises and toy models.
- The finless porpoise has a smooth back.
- A finless fish struggled to steer in the current.
- The finless toy shark just spun in the bath.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FINLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FINLESS
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Common questions about FINLESS
- Is FINLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FINLESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FINLESS worth?
- FINLESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FINLESS mean?
- Having no fins.
- What letters can be added to FINLESS?
- No single letter can be added to FINLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FINLESS:
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