PUNINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PUNINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUNINESS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUNINESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUNINESS
No single letter turns PUNINESS into another word.
How PUNINESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PUNINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PUNINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PUNINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being small, weak or of poor size and strength.
Puniness suggests a smallness that looks pitiful next to what was expected. It can describe a sickly child, a feeble effort or a trifling sum, and it nearly always carries a slight note of scorn.
How PUNINESS is used
Describes people, efforts or amounts that seem pitifully small.
- The puniness of the harvest alarmed the village.
- He was teased about his puniness at school.
- Compared with the cliffs, the puniness of the boat was startling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUNINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUNINESS
1 longer words begin with PUNINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in PUNINESS
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Common questions about PUNINESS
- Is PUNINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUNINESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUNINESS worth?
- PUNINESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUNINESS mean?
- The quality of being small, weak or of poor size and strength.
- What letters can be added to PUNINESS?
- No single letter can be added to PUNINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PUNINESS:
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