OPEROSENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. OPEROSENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OPEROSENESS?
| 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 OPEROSENESS is to know. It scores 13 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OPEROSENESS
No single letter turns OPEROSENESS into another word.
How OPEROSENESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in OPEROSENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OPEROSENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OPEROSENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rareliterary
The quality of demanding great labour or being tediously elaborate.
Operoseness suggests a task that grinds on and wears out the person doing it. It is a scholarly relic, drawn from a Latin root for work, and now almost never spoken.
How OPEROSENESS is used
Rare and bookish; found in older prose.
- The operoseness of copying the manuscript by hand discouraged many monks.
- He complained of the operoseness of the legal paperwork.
- A critic noted the operoseness of the ornate design.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OPEROSENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OPEROSENESS
1 longer words begin with OPEROSENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in OPEROSENESS
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Common questions about OPEROSENESS
- Is OPEROSENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OPEROSENESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OPEROSENESS worth?
- OPEROSENESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OPEROSENESS mean?
- The quality of demanding great labour or being tediously elaborate.
- What letters can be added to OPEROSENESS?
- No single letter can be added to OPEROSENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of OPEROSENESS:
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