RACINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. RACINESS 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 RACINESS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RACINESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RACINESS
No single letter turns RACINESS into another word.
How RACINESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RACINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RACINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about RACINESS
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RACINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lively, spirited quality, sometimes slightly daring or close to indecent.
Raciness can praise writing or humour for its zest, or it can warn that something skirts good taste. Older usage also applied it to wine and food with a sharp, distinctive flavour.
How RACINESS is used
Used of books, jokes, films and sometimes flavours.
- The raciness of the novel shocked the book club.
- Her wit had a raciness that kept the dinner lively.
- Censors objected to the raciness of the song lyrics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RACINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RACINESS
The 8 tiles of RACINESS in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with RACINESS
1 longer words begin with RACINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in RACINESS
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Common questions about RACINESS
- Is RACINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RACINESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RACINESS worth?
- RACINESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RACINESS mean?
- A lively, spirited quality, sometimes slightly daring or close to indecent.
- What letters can be added to RACINESS?
- No single letter can be added to RACINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RACINESS:
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