HEIRLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HEIRLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEIRLESS?
| 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 HEIRLESS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEIRLESS
No single letter turns HEIRLESS into another word.
How HEIRLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HEIRLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEIRLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEIRLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no heir to inherit property or a title.
Heirless often appears in historical writing about royal families or estates whose line was about to end. A heirless ruler could cause a succession crisis, and a heirless landowner might see property pass to distant relatives or the state.
How HEIRLESS is used
Heirless is used in history, law and fiction about inheritance and succession.
- The heirless king worried about who would take his throne.
- When the old lord died heirless, the estate was divided.
- An heirless widow, she left her fortune to charity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEIRLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HEIRLESS
The 8 tiles of HEIRLESS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in HEIRLESS
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Common questions about HEIRLESS
- Is HEIRLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEIRLESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEIRLESS worth?
- HEIRLESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEIRLESS mean?
- Having no heir to inherit property or a title.
- What letters can be added to HEIRLESS?
- No single letter can be added to HEIRLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HEIRLESS:
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