NETTLESOME is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NETTLESOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NETTLESOME?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NETTLESOME is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NETTLESOME
No single letter turns NETTLESOME into another word.
How NETTLESOME scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NETTLESOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NETTLESOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NETTLESOME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Causing irritation or difficulty in a persistent, prickly way.
Nettlesome borrows its sting from the nettle plant, so it suggests a problem that keeps pricking at you. It fits tricky issues and awkward questions better than a one-off annoyance.
How NETTLESOME is used
Nettlesome is used in fairly formal writing about problems, disputes or questions.
- The committee avoided the nettlesome question of who would pay.
- A nettlesome little problem kept delaying the launch.
- He had a nettlesome habit of correcting everyone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NETTLESOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NETTLESOME
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Common questions about NETTLESOME
- Is NETTLESOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NETTLESOME, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NETTLESOME worth?
- NETTLESOME is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NETTLESOME mean?
- Causing irritation or difficulty in a persistent, prickly way.
- What letters can be added to NETTLESOME?
- No single letter can be added to NETTLESOME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NETTLESOME:
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