NESS is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. NESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NESS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NESS is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NESS
No single letter turns NESS into another word.
How NESS scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does NESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishliterary
A headland or promontory, a narrow point of land jutting out into the sea or a lake.
Ness is an old word for a piece of land that reaches out into water, and it survives today mainly inside place names such as Skegness and Sheerness rather than in everyday general use; used on its own, ness still names the same kind of coastal feature that words like cape or point describe. Its Scots and Old English roots keep ness closely tied to British geography.
How NESS is used
Chiefly literary or found within place names; rare as a standalone word in ordinary modern speech.
- The lighthouse stood on a rocky ness above the waves.
- Fishermen sheltered their boats behind the ness.
- The map marked the ness at the mouth of the firth.
- Wind battered the exposed ness all winter.
- From the ness, they could see the whole bay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NESS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NESS
The 4 tiles of NESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NESS
3 longer words begin with NESS.
Words ending in NESS
Showing 24 of 4220 words that end in NESS. Useful as a back hook: play NESS onto a word already on the board.
Words with NESS inside
Showing 24 of 3699 words that contain NESS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NESS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NESS
Common questions about NESS
- Is NESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NESS, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NESS worth?
- NESS is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NESS mean?
- A headland or promontory, a narrow point of land jutting out into the sea or a lake.
- What letters can be added to NESS?
- No single letter can be added to NESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NESS:
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