ICINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ICINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ICINESS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ICINESS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ICINESS
No single letter turns ICINESS into another word.
How ICINESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ICINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does ICINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The state of being very cold, or of being cold and unfriendly in manner.
Iciness can be physical, as on a frozen road, or social, as in a stare that shuts a conversation down. Writers lean on the word when they want one image to carry both chill and distance.
How ICINESS is used
Iciness suits weather and surfaces as well as tone of voice, and the figurative sense is just as common as the literal one.
- The iciness of the lake made her gasp.
- He felt the iciness in her reply and said no more.
- Drivers were warned about the iciness of the bridge at dawn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ICINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ICINESS
The 7 tiles of ICINESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ICINESS
1 longer words begin with ICINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in ICINESS
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Common questions about ICINESS
- Is ICINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ICINESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ICINESS worth?
- ICINESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ICINESS mean?
- The state of being very cold, or of being cold and unfriendly in manner.
- What letters can be added to ICINESS?
- No single letter can be added to ICINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ICINESS:
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