LAUNDRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LAUNDRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAUNDRESS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAUNDRESS is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAUNDRESS
No single letter turns LAUNDRESS into another word.
How LAUNDRESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LAUNDRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LAUNDRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LAUNDRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A woman whose job is washing and ironing clothes and household linen.
Before washing machines, a laundress was a familiar worker in large houses, inns and towns. Today the word turns up mainly in historical stories, where the laundress is often a minor but memorable character.
How LAUNDRESS is used
Mostly historical or literary; modern speech prefers laundry worker.
- The laundress hung the sheets across the yard to dry.
- A tired laundress carried a basket of linen up the stairs.
- Her grandmother had worked as a laundress for a wealthy family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAUNDRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAUNDRESS
1 longer words begin with LAUNDRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in LAUNDRESS
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Common questions about LAUNDRESS
- Is LAUNDRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAUNDRESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAUNDRESS worth?
- LAUNDRESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAUNDRESS mean?
- A woman whose job is washing and ironing clothes and household linen.
- What letters can be added to LAUNDRESS?
- No single letter can be added to LAUNDRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LAUNDRESS:
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