GAINLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GAINLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAINLESS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAINLESS is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAINLESS
No single letter turns GAINLESS into another word.
How GAINLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GAINLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GAINLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GAINLESS
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GAINLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Bringing no profit or benefit.
Gainless describes effort, trade or labour that leaves the doer with nothing to show. It is a dated cousin of unprofitable, found mainly in older prose and verse.
How GAINLESS is used
Dated or literary; modern writers usually prefer unprofitable.
- It was a gainless voyage, and the ship returned empty.
- He regretted the gainless years spent on the failed mine.
- Their gainless quarrel brought neither side any advantage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAINLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAINLESS
The 8 tiles of GAINLESS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with GAINLESS
2 longer words begin with GAINLESS.
Shorter words from the letters in GAINLESS
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Common questions about GAINLESS
- Is GAINLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAINLESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAINLESS worth?
- GAINLESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAINLESS mean?
- Bringing no profit or benefit.
- What letters can be added to GAINLESS?
- No single letter can be added to GAINLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GAINLESS:
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