MOTIVELESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. MOTIVELESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOTIVELESS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOTIVELESS is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOTIVELESS
No single letter turns MOTIVELESS into another word.
How MOTIVELESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MOTIVELESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MOTIVELESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MOTIVELESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lacking any reason or purpose that would explain why something was done.
Detectives often call a crime motiveless when they cannot find any gain, grudge or reason behind it. The word describes an act, not a person, and suggests that the usual search for explanations has come up empty.
How MOTIVELESS is used
Used mostly of crimes, attacks and cruelty when no reason for them can be found, as in a motiveless act.
- The police described the attack as completely motiveless.
- She could find no reason for such a motiveless act of cruelty.
- A motiveless crime is the hardest kind to investigate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOTIVELESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOTIVELESS
2 longer words begin with MOTIVELESS.
Shorter words from the letters in MOTIVELESS
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Common questions about MOTIVELESS
- Is MOTIVELESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOTIVELESS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOTIVELESS worth?
- MOTIVELESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOTIVELESS mean?
- Lacking any reason or purpose that would explain why something was done.
- What letters can be added to MOTIVELESS?
- No single letter can be added to MOTIVELESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MOTIVELESS:
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