GONENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GONENESS 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 GONENESS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GONENESS is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GONENESS
No single letter turns GONENESS into another word.
How GONENESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GONENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GONENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GONENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A state of faintness or exhaustion, or the fact of having gone.
Goneness is an uncommon noun that older writers used for a hollow, faint feeling, often from hunger. Today it turns up rarely, mostly where someone wants an unusual abstract noun.
How GONENESS is used
Goneness is rare and slightly dated, found mainly in older prose.
- A sudden goneness came over him when he had gone a whole day without food.
- She described the goneness in her stomach as the long hike dragged on.
- The poem plays on the goneness of summer once the last guests had left.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GONENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GONENESS
1 longer words begin with GONENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in GONENESS
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Common questions about GONENESS
- Is GONENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GONENESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GONENESS worth?
- GONENESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GONENESS mean?
- A state of faintness or exhaustion, or the fact of having gone.
- What letters can be added to GONENESS?
- No single letter can be added to GONENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GONENESS:
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