SAVAGENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SAVAGENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAVAGENESS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAVAGENESS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAVAGENESS
No single letter turns SAVAGENESS into another word.
How SAVAGENESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SAVAGENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAVAGENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SAVAGENESS
- SAVAGENESS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SAVAGENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The untamed, fierce and brutal quality of a person, animal or act.
Savageness can describe a wild animal, a storm, a battle or a cruel remark. Savagery is the more usual noun, so savageness tends to appear when a writer wants to stress the raw character of the thing.
How SAVAGENESS is used
Less common than savagery; used for fierceness in people, nature and behaviour.
- The savageness of the attack shocked the town.
- Nothing prepared them for the savageness of the winter.
- Critics noted a certain savageness in his humour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAVAGENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAVAGENESS
1 longer words begin with SAVAGENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SAVAGENESS
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Common questions about SAVAGENESS
- Is SAVAGENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAVAGENESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAVAGENESS worth?
- SAVAGENESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAVAGENESS mean?
- The untamed, fierce and brutal quality of a person, animal or act.
- What letters can be added to SAVAGENESS?
- No single letter can be added to SAVAGENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SAVAGENESS:
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