PAINFULNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PAINFULNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PAINFULNESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PAINFULNESS is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PAINFULNESS
No single letter turns PAINFULNESS into another word.
How PAINFULNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PAINFULNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PAINFULNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PAINFULNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
How much something hurts, or how distressing it is to go through.
Doctors may ask patients to rate the painfulness of a procedure, while writers use the word for memories and truths that are hard to face. It names how much something hurts rather than the hurt itself.
How PAINFULNESS is used
Used of injuries, treatments, memories and difficult situations.
- Nurses recorded the painfulness of each injection.
- The painfulness of the memory kept her from speaking about it.
- He tried to describe the painfulness of the long recovery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PAINFULNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PAINFULNESS
1 longer words begin with PAINFULNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in PAINFULNESS
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Common questions about PAINFULNESS
- Is PAINFULNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PAINFULNESS, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PAINFULNESS worth?
- PAINFULNESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PAINFULNESS mean?
- How much something hurts, or how distressing it is to go through.
- What letters can be added to PAINFULNESS?
- No single letter can be added to PAINFULNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PAINFULNESS:
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