GRADUALNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GRADUALNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRADUALNESS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRADUALNESS is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRADUALNESS
No single letter turns GRADUALNESS into another word.
How GRADUALNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in GRADUALNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRADUALNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GRADUALNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of happening slowly and step by step, or of a slope that is not steep.
Gradualness can be a virtue, as when slow change is easier to accept, or a complaint, when progress feels too slow. In geography the gradualness of a hill describes how gently it rises.
How GRADUALNESS is used
Used for slow change in general writing, as in the gradualness of recovery, and for gentle slopes in technical writing.
- The gradualness of the change made it easy to miss.
- Hikers liked the gradualness of the path up the hill.
- Critics were frustrated by the gradualness of reform.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRADUALNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRADUALNESS
1 longer words begin with GRADUALNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in GRADUALNESS
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Common questions about GRADUALNESS
- Is GRADUALNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRADUALNESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRADUALNESS worth?
- GRADUALNESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRADUALNESS mean?
- The quality of happening slowly and step by step, or of a slope that is not steep.
- What letters can be added to GRADUALNESS?
- No single letter can be added to GRADUALNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of GRADUALNESS:
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