HEADLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HEADLESS 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 HEADLESS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEADLESS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEADLESS
No single letter turns HEADLESS into another word.
How HEADLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HEADLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEADLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEADLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no head, or lacking a person in charge or a top part.
A headless statue is missing its crown, while a headless organisation has no leader to steer it. Pins and nails can be headless too, with no flattened end.
How HEADLESS is used
Headless is used literally for bodies and objects and figuratively for leaderless groups.
- The museum displayed a headless marble figure.
- Without a director the club was left headless for months.
- He drove in a headless nail with a small hammer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEADLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEADLESS
2 longer words begin with HEADLESS.
Shorter words from the letters in HEADLESS
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Common questions about HEADLESS
- Is HEADLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEADLESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEADLESS worth?
- HEADLESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEADLESS mean?
- Having no head, or lacking a person in charge or a top part.
- What letters can be added to HEADLESS?
- No single letter can be added to HEADLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HEADLESS:
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