LEGGINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LEGGINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LEGGINESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LEGGINESS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LEGGINESS
No single letter turns LEGGINESS into another word.
How LEGGINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LEGGINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LEGGINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LEGGINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of having long, thin legs, or of a plant having a long, weak, straggly stem.
For animals and people, legginess suggests a lanky, long-limbed build, as in a foal. Gardeners use it for seedlings that stretch toward poor light and end up spindly.
How LEGGINESS is used
Legginess is used for young animals, models and spindly plants.
- The colt's legginess made him look comically unsteady.
- Too little sun causes legginess in young tomato plants.
- Pinch the tips to prevent legginess later on.
- Her legginess helped her in the high jump.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LEGGINESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LEGGINESS
1 longer words begin with LEGGINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in LEGGINESS
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Common questions about LEGGINESS
- Is LEGGINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LEGGINESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LEGGINESS worth?
- LEGGINESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LEGGINESS mean?
- The quality of having long, thin legs, or of a plant having a long, weak, straggly stem.
- What letters can be added to LEGGINESS?
- No single letter can be added to LEGGINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LEGGINESS:
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