LILTINGNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LILTINGNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LILTINGNESS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LILTINGNESS is to know. It scores 12 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LILTINGNESS
No single letter turns LILTINGNESS into another word.
How LILTINGNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in LILTINGNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LILTINGNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LILTINGNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The light, rhythmic, flowing quality of a tune or a way of speaking.
Liltingness is a rare noun built from "lilting", and it fits musical voices and accents. It conjures a gentle rise and fall, as in some Irish or Welsh speech.
How LILTINGNESS is used
Rare; used in descriptive writing about music, voices and verse.
- The liltingness of her voice calmed the children.
- Critics noted the liltingness of the melody.
- There was a liltingness in his accent that people loved.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LILTINGNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LILTINGNESS
1 longer words begin with LILTINGNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in LILTINGNESS
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Common questions about LILTINGNESS
- Is LILTINGNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LILTINGNESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LILTINGNESS worth?
- LILTINGNESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LILTINGNESS mean?
- The light, rhythmic, flowing quality of a tune or a way of speaking.
- What letters can be added to LILTINGNESS?
- No single letter can be added to LILTINGNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of LILTINGNESS:
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