GUILEFULNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GUILEFULNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUILEFULNESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUILEFULNESS is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUILEFULNESS
No single letter turns GUILEFULNESS into another word.
How GUILEFULNESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in GUILEFULNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUILEFULNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GUILEFULNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The quality of being cunning and skilled at deceiving others.
Guilefulness suggests deceit that is clever and patient rather than crude. Fairy tales and old stories often credit foxes, serpents and courtiers with guilefulness.
How GUILEFULNESS is used
Guilefulness is used in literary or descriptive writing about trickery.
- The fox in the fable is famous for its guilefulness.
- His guilefulness let him talk his way past every guard.
- She admired the guilefulness of the plan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUILEFULNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUILEFULNESS
1 longer words begin with GUILEFULNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in GUILEFULNESS
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Common questions about GUILEFULNESS
- Is GUILEFULNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUILEFULNESS, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUILEFULNESS worth?
- GUILEFULNESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUILEFULNESS mean?
- The quality of being cunning and skilled at deceiving others.
- What letters can be added to GUILEFULNESS?
- No single letter can be added to GUILEFULNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of GUILEFULNESS:
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