RAINLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RAINLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAINLESS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAINLESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAINLESS
Back hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How RAINLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RAINLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAINLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAINLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no rain falling during a given period or in a given place.
Forecasters and farmers reach for rainless when a dry spell matters more than the heat itself. A rainless month can shrink reservoirs long before anyone calls it a drought.
How RAINLESS is used
Rainless usually describes a stretch of weather, a sky, a season or a region.
- The rainless summer left the riverbed cracked and white.
- A rainless sky stretched over the valley for three weeks.
- Farmers worried about another rainless spring.
- They crossed the rainless plateau with extra water on every mule.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAINLESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RAINLESS
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Common questions about RAINLESS
- Is RAINLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAINLESS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAINLESS worth?
- RAINLESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAINLESS mean?
- Having no rain falling during a given period or in a given place.
- What letters can be added to RAINLESS?
- RAINLESS takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RAINLESS:
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