LONELINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LONELINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LONELINESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LONELINESS is to know. It scores 10 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LONELINESS
No single letter turns LONELINESS into another word.
How LONELINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in LONELINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LONELINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LONELINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The sad feeling of being alone or cut off from other people.
Loneliness is about how a person feels, not how many people are around; someone can feel it strongly in a busy city. The word is also used for places that are remote and rarely visited by anyone.
How LONELINESS is used
Loneliness is common in everyday speech, health writing and literature.
- Loneliness settled over him after the move to a new town.
- The loneliness of the mountain road made her uneasy.
- Researchers have linked chronic loneliness to poorer health.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LONELINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LONELINESS
1 longer words begin with LONELINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in LONELINESS
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Common questions about LONELINESS
- Is LONELINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LONELINESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LONELINESS worth?
- LONELINESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LONELINESS mean?
- The sad feeling of being alone or cut off from other people.
- What letters can be added to LONELINESS?
- No single letter can be added to LONELINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of LONELINESS:
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