HOPELESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HOPELESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HOPELESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HOPELESS is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HOPELESS
No single letter turns HOPELESS into another word.
How HOPELESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HOPELESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HOPELESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HOPELESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Offering or feeling no expectation that things will improve or succeed.
A hopeless situation seems certain to fail, while a hopeless person may feel despair. In casual British speech the word is also a mild insult for someone who is very bad at something, as in hopeless at cooking.
How HOPELESS is used
Used about situations, causes and people, and informally for a lack of skill.
- The rescuers felt the search was hopeless.
- He was hopeless at keeping secrets.
- It looked like a hopeless case until the new evidence appeared.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HOPELESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HOPELESS
3 longer words begin with HOPELESS.
Shorter words from the letters in HOPELESS
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Common questions about HOPELESS
- Is HOPELESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HOPELESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HOPELESS worth?
- HOPELESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HOPELESS mean?
- Offering or feeling no expectation that things will improve or succeed.
- What letters can be added to HOPELESS?
- No single letter can be added to HOPELESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HOPELESS:
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