INVENTRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. INVENTRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INVENTRESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INVENTRESS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INVENTRESS
No single letter turns INVENTRESS into another word.
How INVENTRESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in INVENTRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INVENTRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INVENTRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A woman who devises or creates something new.
Inventress is an old-fashioned feminine form of inventor. Modern writers use "inventor" for everyone, so inventress now sounds dated or deliberately quaint.
How INVENTRESS is used
Dated; found in older texts and historical writing.
- The inventress patented her design in 1890.
- Old newspapers praised the clever inventress of the folding stove.
- She was celebrated as the inventress of a new loom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INVENTRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INVENTRESS
1 longer words begin with INVENTRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in INVENTRESS
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Common questions about INVENTRESS
- Is INVENTRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INVENTRESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INVENTRESS worth?
- INVENTRESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INVENTRESS mean?
- A woman who devises or creates something new.
- What letters can be added to INVENTRESS?
- No single letter can be added to INVENTRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of INVENTRESS:
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