FOODLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FOODLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOODLESS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOODLESS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOODLESS
No single letter turns FOODLESS into another word.
How FOODLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FOODLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FOODLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FOODLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having no food, or producing none.
Foodless can describe a person or animal with nothing to eat, or a barren place that yields no crops. It is a plain, literal word and much rarer than hungry or barren.
How FOODLESS is used
Rare; found in descriptions of famine, deserts or empty larders.
- The foodless village waited for the relief convoy.
- After the storm we were stranded in a foodless cabin.
- A foodless winter forced the herd to move south.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOODLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOODLESS
2 longer words begin with FOODLESS.
Shorter words from the letters in FOODLESS
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Common questions about FOODLESS
- Is FOODLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOODLESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOODLESS worth?
- FOODLESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOODLESS mean?
- Having no food, or producing none.
- What letters can be added to FOODLESS?
- No single letter can be added to FOODLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FOODLESS:
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