PRIESTLINESSES is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PRIESTLINESSES is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRIESTLINESSES?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRIESTLINESSES is to know. It scores 16 from 14 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRIESTLINESSES
No single letter turns PRIESTLINESSES into another word.
How PRIESTLINESSES scores
Face value of the 14 tiles in PRIESTLINESSES, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 4 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRIESTLINESSES has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PRIESTLINESSES
- The letter S appears four times in PRIESTLINESSES.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRIESTLINESSES mean in Scrabble?
noun
Separate instances of priestliness, the quality of being like a priest, in the plural.
Abstract nouns of this shape rarely need a plural, and when one is forced into it the meaning becomes separate instances or kinds — the priestlinesses of two different traditions set side by side. The word is a curiosity rather than a tool, and it turns up in lists far more often than in sentences.
How PRIESTLINESSES is used
Plural of priestliness. Very rare; the singular covers nearly every use.
- The essay compares the priestlinesses of two quite separate churches.
- Priestlinesses in the plural is a word almost nobody needs.
- He writes about the priestlinesses of the age and means the manner.
- The form priestlinesses exists and is almost never used.
- Two priestlinesses in one paragraph is one too many.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRIESTLINESSES and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PRIESTLINESSES
- Is PRIESTLINESSES valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRIESTLINESSES, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRIESTLINESSES worth?
- PRIESTLINESSES is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRIESTLINESSES mean?
- Separate instances of priestliness, the quality of being like a priest, in the plural.
- What letters can be added to PRIESTLINESSES?
- No single letter can be added to PRIESTLINESSES to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 14 letters of PRIESTLINESSES:
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