HOPEFULNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. HOPEFULNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOPEFULNESS?
| 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 HOPEFULNESS is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOPEFULNESS
No single letter turns HOPEFULNESS into another word.
How HOPEFULNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HOPEFULNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOPEFULNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOPEFULNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The feeling of expecting that good things will happen.
Hopefulness is a quiet, forward-looking mood. It is softer than certainty and does not ignore difficulty, but it leans toward a good outcome. Teachers, doctors and leaders often try to inspire it in others.
How HOPEFULNESS is used
Describes an optimistic mood about the future.
- A sense of hopefulness filled the room after the news.
- Her hopefulness never faded, even in the long winter.
- The speech was full of hopefulness for the coming year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOPEFULNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOPEFULNESS
1 longer words begin with HOPEFULNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in HOPEFULNESS
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Common questions about HOPEFULNESS
- Is HOPEFULNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOPEFULNESS, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOPEFULNESS worth?
- HOPEFULNESS is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOPEFULNESS mean?
- The feeling of expecting that good things will happen.
- What letters can be added to HOPEFULNESS?
- No single letter can be added to HOPEFULNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HOPEFULNESS:
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