NOWNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NOWNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOWNESS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOWNESS is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOWNESS
No single letter turns NOWNESS into another word.
How NOWNESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NOWNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 926,363.
What does NOWNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The quality or state of being present or of existing at the present time.
Nowness is a rare abstract noun that captures the feeling of the immediate moment. Writers on art, music and philosophy reach for it when they want to stress immediacy rather than any particular date.
How NOWNESS is used
Used in reflective writing for the sense of living entirely in the present moment.
- The painting has a startling nowness.
- Meditation trains you to value nowness over worry.
- The poet praised the nowness of street life.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOWNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOWNESS
1 longer words begin with NOWNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in NOWNESS
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Common questions about NOWNESS
- Is NOWNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOWNESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOWNESS worth?
- NOWNESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOWNESS mean?
- The quality or state of being present or of existing at the present time.
- What letters can be added to NOWNESS?
- No single letter can be added to NOWNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NOWNESS:
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