HOARINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HOARINESS 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 HOARINESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOARINESS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOARINESS
No single letter turns HOARINESS into another word.
How HOARINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HOARINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOARINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOARINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The quality of being grey or white with age, or of seeming very old.
Hoariness can describe frost on a field as well as an old man's white hair. Writers use hoariness to give a solemn, ancient air to trees, ruins and sayings.
How HOARINESS is used
The noun hoariness is rather literary and uncommon in casual speech.
- The hoariness of the oak showed how many centuries it had stood.
- Frost added a pale hoariness to the hedges.
- He wore his hoariness with dignity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOARINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOARINESS
1 longer words begin with HOARINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in HOARINESS
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Common questions about HOARINESS
- Is HOARINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOARINESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOARINESS worth?
- HOARINESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOARINESS mean?
- The quality of being grey or white with age, or of seeming very old.
- What letters can be added to HOARINESS?
- No single letter can be added to HOARINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HOARINESS:
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