RUNLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RUNLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUNLESS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RUNLESS is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUNLESS
No single letter turns RUNLESS into another word.
How RUNLESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RUNLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does RUNLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having scored no runs, especially in baseball or cricket.
In sports reports a runless inning or innings is one where the batting side failed to score. The word suits close games where a single run would have changed the outcome.
How RUNLESS is used
Used in baseball and cricket reporting.
- The home team endured a runless first half of the season's opening game.
- It was a runless inning for both sides.
- The pitcher left the game after six runless frames.
- A runless draw frustrated the fans.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUNLESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of RUNLESS
The 7 tiles of RUNLESS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in RUNLESS
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Common questions about RUNLESS
- Is RUNLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUNLESS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUNLESS worth?
- RUNLESS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUNLESS mean?
- Having scored no runs, especially in baseball or cricket.
- What letters can be added to RUNLESS?
- No single letter can be added to RUNLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RUNLESS:
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