JOBLESSNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. JOBLESSNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept JOBLESSNESS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful JOBLESSNESS is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for JOBLESSNESS
No single letter turns JOBLESSNESS into another word.
How JOBLESSNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in JOBLESSNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| j | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 4 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so JOBLESSNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about JOBLESSNESS
- The letter S appears four times in JOBLESSNESS.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does JOBLESSNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The condition of having no paid work.
Joblessness is the plain description of a person or a region without employment. It appears in economic reports and news stories, where it often goes together with poverty and rising social strain.
How JOBLESSNESS is used
Used in news and economics for individual hardship or a wider rate of unemployment.
- Long-term joblessness wears down both savings and confidence.
- The town struggled with joblessness after the factory closed.
- Youth joblessness rose sharply last year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of JOBLESSNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with JOBLESSNESS
1 longer words begin with JOBLESSNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in JOBLESSNESS
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Common questions about JOBLESSNESS
- Is JOBLESSNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts JOBLESSNESS, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is JOBLESSNESS worth?
- JOBLESSNESS is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does JOBLESSNESS mean?
- The condition of having no paid work.
- What letters can be added to JOBLESSNESS?
- No single letter can be added to JOBLESSNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of JOBLESSNESS:
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