GAYNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GAYNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GAYNESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GAYNESS is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GAYNESS
No single letter turns GAYNESS into another word.
How GAYNESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GAYNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What does GAYNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The state of being gay, meaning homosexual, or, in older usage, the state of being cheerful and bright.
Today gayness mostly appears in discussions of identity, culture and attitudes towards homosexuality. Older books use it for a carefree, showy brightness of mood or colour, so the date of the text matters when you read it.
How GAYNESS is used
In modern writing it refers to sexual orientation; in older writing it means merriment or bright showiness.
- The novel treats his gayness as an ordinary fact of his life.
- Victorian poets praised the gayness of spring meadows.
- The essay traces how public attitudes to gayness have changed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GAYNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GAYNESS
The 7 tiles of GAYNESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GAYNESS
1 longer words begin with GAYNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in GAYNESS
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Common questions about GAYNESS
- Is GAYNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GAYNESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GAYNESS worth?
- GAYNESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GAYNESS mean?
- The state of being gay, meaning homosexual, or, in older usage, the state of being cheerful and bright.
- What letters can be added to GAYNESS?
- No single letter can be added to GAYNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GAYNESS:
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