NOISOME is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NOISOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOISOME?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOISOME is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOISOME
No single letter turns NOISOME into another word.
How NOISOME scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NOISOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 110,281.
What stands out about NOISOME
- The same 7 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NOISOME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Having a very unpleasant smell or otherwise offensive and harmful to the senses.
Despite how it looks, noisome has nothing to do with noise. It comes from an old word for harm, which is why it fits rot and foul air better than loud sound.
How NOISOME is used
Noisome is mostly literary and describes smells, places or vapours that disgust.
- A noisome odour rose from the ditch.
- The cellar was dark, damp and noisome.
- Travellers avoided the noisome marsh.
- Nobody lingered in the noisome alley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOISOME and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOISOME
The 7 tiles of NOISOME in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NOISOME
3 longer words begin with NOISOME.
Shorter words from the letters in NOISOME
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Common questions about NOISOME
- Is NOISOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOISOME, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOISOME worth?
- NOISOME is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOISOME mean?
- Having a very unpleasant smell or otherwise offensive and harmful to the senses.
- What letters can be added to NOISOME?
- No single letter can be added to NOISOME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NOISOME:
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