SELFNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SELFNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SELFNESS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SELFNESS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SELFNESS
No single letter turns SELFNESS into another word.
How SELFNESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SELFNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SELFNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SELFNESS
- SELFNESS 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 SELFNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The quality of being oneself; a person's own essential individuality.
Philosophers and poets reach for selfness when they want to talk about what makes one person distinct from another. It can also, in older usage, shade towards selfishness.
How SELFNESS is used
Selfness is a rare, abstract word met mostly in philosophical or literary writing.
- The essay explores the selfness that survives every change of fortune.
- She guarded her selfness against the demands of the crowd.
- In his poems, selfness is both a gift and a burden.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SELFNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SELFNESS
1 longer words begin with SELFNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SELFNESS
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Common questions about SELFNESS
- Is SELFNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SELFNESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SELFNESS worth?
- SELFNESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SELFNESS mean?
- The quality of being oneself; a person's own essential individuality.
- What letters can be added to SELFNESS?
- No single letter can be added to SELFNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SELFNESS:
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