INANENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. INANENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INANENESS?
| 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 INANENESS is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INANENESS
No single letter turns INANENESS into another word.
How INANENESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INANENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INANENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INANENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being silly, empty, or lacking sense.
Critics reach for inaneness when a joke, a speech, or a TV plot has nothing behind it. The word judges the lack of substance, not bad intent.
How INANENESS is used
A less usual form than inanity, used in critical remarks.
- The inaneness of the sitcom bored me within minutes.
- He was struck by the inaneness of their chatter.
- Nothing could hide the inaneness of the slogan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INANENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INANENESS
1 longer words begin with INANENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in INANENESS
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Common questions about INANENESS
- Is INANENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INANENESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INANENESS worth?
- INANENESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INANENESS mean?
- The quality of being silly, empty, or lacking sense.
- What letters can be added to INANENESS?
- No single letter can be added to INANENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INANENESS:
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