SEVERENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SEVERENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEVERENESS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEVERENESS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEVERENESS
No single letter turns SEVERENESS into another word.
How SEVERENESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SEVERENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| e | 4 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEVERENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SEVERENESS
- The letter E appears four times in SEVERENESS.
- SEVERENESS 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 SEVERENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The harsh or extreme degree of something unpleasant, such as pain or weather.
Severeness is a plain, less common alternative to severity. It can describe how bad an injury is or how stern a person appears.
How SEVERENESS is used
Severeness is rare; most writers choose severity instead.
- The doctor was surprised by the severeness of the injury.
- Nobody expected the severeness of the winter.
- His severeness toward the students was well known.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEVERENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEVERENESS
1 longer words begin with SEVERENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SEVERENESS
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Common questions about SEVERENESS
- Is SEVERENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEVERENESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEVERENESS worth?
- SEVERENESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEVERENESS mean?
- The harsh or extreme degree of something unpleasant, such as pain or weather.
- What letters can be added to SEVERENESS?
- No single letter can be added to SEVERENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SEVERENESS:
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