LOVELORN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LOVELORN 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 LOVELORN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOVELORN is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOVELORN
No single letter turns LOVELORN into another word.
How LOVELORN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LOVELORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LOVELORN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LOVELORN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Pining and unhappy because the one you love does not love you back.
A lovelorn character sighs at windows, writes poems and loses their appetite. The word is common in songs, comedies and old ballads. In modern speech it is often used with gentle teasing.
How LOVELORN is used
Lovelorn fits romantic stories and light, teasing remarks about someone pining.
- The lovelorn poet wrote her a letter every day.
- A lovelorn teenager moped around the house for a week.
- Songs about lovelorn sailors fill the old folk collections.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOVELORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LOVELORN
2 longer words begin with LOVELORN.
Shorter words from the letters in LOVELORN
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Common questions about LOVELORN
- Is LOVELORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOVELORN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOVELORN worth?
- LOVELORN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOVELORN mean?
- Pining and unhappy because the one you love does not love you back.
- What letters can be added to LOVELORN?
- No single letter can be added to LOVELORN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LOVELORN:
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