LOVELORNNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. LOVELORNNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOVELORNNESS?
| 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 LOVELORNNESS is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOVELORNNESS
No single letter turns LOVELORNNESS into another word.
How LOVELORNNESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in LOVELORNNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LOVELORNNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LOVELORNNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The sorrowful condition of someone pining for a lost or unreturned love.
Lovelornness belongs to poetry and gentle humour, where a sighing, heartsick person is a familiar figure. Unlike lovelessness, it implies a love that exists but is not answered.
How LOVELORNNESS is used
Lovelornness is used in poetic or teasing descriptions of heartache.
- His lovelornness showed in the sad songs he played every night.
- The poem is a study in lovelornness and longing.
- Her friends teased her about her lovelornness after the breakup.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOVELORNNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LOVELORNNESS
1 longer words begin with LOVELORNNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in LOVELORNNESS
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Common questions about LOVELORNNESS
- Is LOVELORNNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOVELORNNESS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOVELORNNESS worth?
- LOVELORNNESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOVELORNNESS mean?
- The sorrowful condition of someone pining for a lost or unreturned love.
- What letters can be added to LOVELORNNESS?
- No single letter can be added to LOVELORNNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of LOVELORNNESS:
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