SENSUOUSNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SENSUOUSNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SENSUOUSNESS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SENSUOUSNESS is to know. It scores 12 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SENSUOUSNESS
No single letter turns SENSUOUSNESS into another word.
How SENSUOUSNESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in SENSUOUSNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 5 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. SENSUOUSNESS needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about SENSUOUSNESS
- The letter S appears five times in SENSUOUSNESS.
- SENSUOUSNESS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- SENSUOUSNESS 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 SENSUOUSNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of appealing richly to the senses of sight, touch, taste, smell or hearing.
Sensuousness is about pleasure taken through the senses, whether in silk, music or a ripe peach. Critics often use sensuousness when praising the texture and colour of a painting or a poem.
How SENSUOUSNESS is used
Common in art, food and literary criticism to describe rich sensory appeal.
- The sensuousness of the velvet drew every hand to it.
- Reviewers admired the sensuousness of her prose.
- The film revels in the sensuousness of summer light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SENSUOUSNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SENSUOUSNESS
1 longer words begin with SENSUOUSNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SENSUOUSNESS
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Common questions about SENSUOUSNESS
- Is SENSUOUSNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SENSUOUSNESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SENSUOUSNESS worth?
- SENSUOUSNESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SENSUOUSNESS mean?
- The quality of appealing richly to the senses of sight, touch, taste, smell or hearing.
- What letters can be added to SENSUOUSNESS?
- No single letter can be added to SENSUOUSNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of SENSUOUSNESS:
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