HORNINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. HORNINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HORNINESS?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORNINESS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORNINESS
Front hooks — 1
thorninessBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HORNINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HORNINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HORNINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HORNINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalslang
A state of strong sexual desire.
Horniness is a blunt, informal word and is out of place in polite or formal writing. It is built from horny, whose original meaning has to do with horns.
How HORNINESS is used
The word horniness is casual and mostly heard in jokes and frank conversation.
- The comedian made jokes about teenage horniness.
- Horniness is a common theme in the novel's early chapters.
- The article blamed the film's plot on the hero's horniness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORNINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HORNINESS
1 longer words begin with HORNINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in HORNINESS
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Common questions about HORNINESS
- Is HORNINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORNINESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORNINESS worth?
- HORNINESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORNINESS mean?
- A state of strong sexual desire.
- What letters can be added to HORNINESS?
- HORNINESS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HORNINESS:
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