SHAKINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SHAKINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAKINESS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAKINESS is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAKINESS
No single letter turns SHAKINESS into another word.
How SHAKINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SHAKINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SHAKINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SHAKINESS
- SHAKINESS 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 SHAKINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The condition of trembling, wobbling or lacking firmness and stability.
Shakiness can be physical, as in a trembling hand or a rickety table, or figurative, as in a weak economy. In both cases it warns that something may give way. Writers often pair shakiness with nerves, age or poor construction.
How SHAKINESS is used
Used for both physical tremors and for general unreliability, such as in a plan or a voice.
- The shakiness in her voice gave away how nervous she was.
- Engineers noticed some shakiness in the old footbridge.
- Years of illness had left him with a constant shakiness in his hands.
- Investors worried about the shakiness of the currency.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAKINESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SHAKINESS
1 longer words begin with SHAKINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAKINESS
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Common questions about SHAKINESS
- Is SHAKINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAKINESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAKINESS worth?
- SHAKINESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAKINESS mean?
- The condition of trembling, wobbling or lacking firmness and stability.
- What letters can be added to SHAKINESS?
- No single letter can be added to SHAKINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SHAKINESS:
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