GLEGNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GLEGNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLEGNESS?
| 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 GLEGNESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLEGNESS
No single letter turns GLEGNESS into another word.
How GLEGNESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GLEGNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GLEGNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GLEGNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
Quickness of mind or eye, a sharp readiness to notice and respond.
Glegness comes from the Scots adjective gleg, meaning quick or sharp. It describes an alert mind more than speed of the body, and survives mostly in Scottish writing and word lists.
How GLEGNESS is used
Glegness is a rare Scots word, found in dialect literature.
- The glegness of the child surprised everyone at the table.
- He admired the glegness of her replies.
- Old shepherds were known for their glegness of eye.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLEGNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLEGNESS
1 longer words begin with GLEGNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in GLEGNESS
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Common questions about GLEGNESS
- Is GLEGNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLEGNESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLEGNESS worth?
- GLEGNESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLEGNESS mean?
- Quickness of mind or eye, a sharp readiness to notice and respond.
- What letters can be added to GLEGNESS?
- No single letter can be added to GLEGNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GLEGNESS:
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