FORLORNNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FORLORNNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FORLORNNESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORLORNNESS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORLORNNESS
No single letter turns FORLORNNESS into another word.
How FORLORNNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FORLORNNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FORLORNNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FORLORNNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The sad condition of being lonely, deserted, and without hope.
Forlornness paints a picture of someone left behind, such as a child at an empty station. Poets like the word for its mournful sound.
How FORLORNNESS is used
Literary; used in descriptions of loneliness and abandonment.
- A deep forlornness settled over the empty house.
- He could not shake the forlornness of the grey winter days.
- The photograph captured the forlornness of the abandoned pier.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORLORNNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FORLORNNESS
1 longer words begin with FORLORNNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in FORLORNNESS
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Common questions about FORLORNNESS
- Is FORLORNNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORLORNNESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORLORNNESS worth?
- FORLORNNESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORLORNNESS mean?
- The sad condition of being lonely, deserted, and without hope.
- What letters can be added to FORLORNNESS?
- No single letter can be added to FORLORNNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FORLORNNESS:
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