RARENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. RARENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RARENESS?
| 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 RARENESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RARENESS
No single letter turns RARENESS into another word.
How RARENESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RARENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RARENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RARENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being uncommon or seldom found.
Rareness is the plain-spoken cousin of rarity and focuses on how seldom something turns up rather than on its value. The rareness of a stamp, a bird or a skill is what makes people hunt for it.
How RARENESS is used
Rareness is used for the state of being scarce, often followed by of and the thing in question.
- The rareness of the coin pushed its price far above its metal value.
- Birdwatchers travelled hundreds of miles because of the rareness of the visitor.
- Part of the charm of the recipe is its rareness.
- Nobody questioned the rareness of such a clear night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RARENESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RARENESS
1 longer words begin with RARENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in RARENESS
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Common questions about RARENESS
- Is RARENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RARENESS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RARENESS worth?
- RARENESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RARENESS mean?
- The quality of being uncommon or seldom found.
- What letters can be added to RARENESS?
- No single letter can be added to RARENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RARENESS:
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