HAIRINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HAIRINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAIRINESS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAIRINESS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAIRINESS
No single letter turns HAIRINESS into another word.
How HAIRINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HAIRINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAIRINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAIRINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being covered with a lot of hair.
Hairiness is used of people, animals and even plants with fuzzy leaves. In everyday speech it can be neutral or slightly comic, depending on who is being described and how.
How HAIRINESS is used
You see hairiness in descriptions of animals, in biology and in jokes about beards and arms.
- The hairiness of the caterpillar made it look soft.
- He joked about the hairiness of his grandfather's eyebrows.
- The plant is recognised by the hairiness of its stem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAIRINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAIRINESS
1 longer words begin with HAIRINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in HAIRINESS
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Common questions about HAIRINESS
- Is HAIRINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAIRINESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAIRINESS worth?
- HAIRINESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAIRINESS mean?
- The quality of being covered with a lot of hair.
- What letters can be added to HAIRINESS?
- No single letter can be added to HAIRINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HAIRINESS:
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