LORNNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LORNNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LORNNESS?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LORNNESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LORNNESS
No single letter turns LORNNESS into another word.
How LORNNESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LORNNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LORNNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LORNNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The state of being forsaken, desolate or forlorn.
Lornness is an old-fashioned noun built from lorn, a poetic word meaning lost or abandoned. It is much rarer than forlornness and mostly survives in verse or deliberate imitation of older style.
How LORNNESS is used
Lornness is a rare literary noun for deep abandonment and desolation.
- The poem dwells on the lornness of the empty house.
- A deep lornness filled the abandoned village.
- She felt the lornness of a traveller far from home.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LORNNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LORNNESS
1 longer words begin with LORNNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in LORNNESS
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Common questions about LORNNESS
- Is LORNNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LORNNESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LORNNESS worth?
- LORNNESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LORNNESS mean?
- The state of being forsaken, desolate or forlorn.
- What letters can be added to LORNNESS?
- No single letter can be added to LORNNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LORNNESS:
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