ISLELESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ISLELESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISLELESS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ISLELESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISLELESS
Front hooks — 1
aislelessBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ISLELESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ISLELESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ISLELESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ISLELESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Having no islands or lacking an island.
An isleless sea or lake is one with no islands dotting its surface, which is a rare thing to need a word for. It shows up mostly in descriptive writing and word lists, where the plain phrase "with no islands" would do the same job.
How ISLELESS is used
Isleless describes a stretch of water, a map or a coast that has no islands in it.
- The isleless lake gave sailors nowhere to shelter from the wind.
- On the chart the northern sea looked strangely isleless.
- They crossed an isleless horizon for three days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISLELESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ISLELESS
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Common questions about ISLELESS
- Is ISLELESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISLELESS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISLELESS worth?
- ISLELESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISLELESS mean?
- Having no islands or lacking an island.
- What letters can be added to ISLELESS?
- ISLELESS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ISLELESS:
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