MAILLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. MAILLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MAILLESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MAILLESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MAILLESS
No single letter turns MAILLESS into another word.
How MAILLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MAILLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MAILLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MAILLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Wearing no armour made of linked metal rings.
Mailless is a rare compound built on the old noun mail, meaning flexible armour. It turns up mainly in historical or fantasy writing about unprotected fighters.
How MAILLESS is used
Mailless is occasionally used to describe a knight or soldier without his armour.
- The mailless archer was easy prey for the riders.
- He rode out mailless, trusting speed over steel.
- A mailless warrior stood among the armoured guards.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MAILLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MAILLESS
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Common questions about MAILLESS
- Is MAILLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MAILLESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MAILLESS worth?
- MAILLESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MAILLESS mean?
- Wearing no armour made of linked metal rings.
- What letters can be added to MAILLESS?
- No single letter can be added to MAILLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MAILLESS:
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