HILTLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HILTLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HILTLESS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HILTLESS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HILTLESS
No single letter turns HILTLESS into another word.
How HILTLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HILTLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HILTLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HILTLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having no hilt, as a sword or dagger without a handle.
Hiltless pictures a blade that has lost or never received its handle, leaving it awkward or dangerous to grip. Writers use it for ruined weapons found in battlefields or museum cases.
How HILTLESS is used
Hiltless is rare and mostly appears in descriptive or historical writing about weapons.
- The archaeologists unearthed a hiltless dagger from the burial mound.
- A hiltless sword is little more than a long strip of steel.
- He swung the hiltless blade with a cloth wrapped around its tang.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HILTLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HILTLESS
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Common questions about HILTLESS
- Is HILTLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HILTLESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HILTLESS worth?
- HILTLESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HILTLESS mean?
- Having no hilt, as a sword or dagger without a handle.
- What letters can be added to HILTLESS?
- No single letter can be added to HILTLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HILTLESS:
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