FOODLESSNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FOODLESSNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FOODLESSNESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FOODLESSNESS is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FOODLESSNESS
No single letter turns FOODLESSNESS into another word.
How FOODLESSNESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in FOODLESSNESS, 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 | 2 | 12 |
| s | 4 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FOODLESSNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FOODLESSNESS
- The letter S appears four times in FOODLESSNESS.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FOODLESSNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The condition of having no food at all.
Foodlessness is a rare and plain coinage for a total lack of nourishment, for example in a famine or an empty cupboard. Most speakers would say hunger or starvation.
How FOODLESSNESS is used
Rare; foodlessness is more likely to appear in a literary or invented phrase than in news.
- The foodlessness of the winter camp was hard to bear.
- Famine brought a long period of foodlessness.
- He wrote about the foodlessness of the besieged town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FOODLESSNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FOODLESSNESS
1 longer words begin with FOODLESSNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in FOODLESSNESS
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Common questions about FOODLESSNESS
- Is FOODLESSNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FOODLESSNESS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FOODLESSNESS worth?
- FOODLESSNESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FOODLESSNESS mean?
- The condition of having no food at all.
- What letters can be added to FOODLESSNESS?
- No single letter can be added to FOODLESSNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of FOODLESSNESS:
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