SKILLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SKILLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SKILLESS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SKILLESS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SKILLESS
No single letter turns SKILLESS into another word.
How SKILLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SKILLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SKILLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SKILLESS
- SKILLESS 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 SKILLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Lacking skill; clumsy or untrained at a task.
Skilless is a rare formation that is far less common than unskilled or unskilful. It tends to appear in older prose when a writer wants a blunt, compact description of a person who has no craft.
How SKILLESS is used
Very uncommon; unskilled is the ordinary choice, so skilless mostly shows up in word lists.
- The skilless apprentice ruined the first board.
- He felt skilless beside the master carver.
- A skilless hand cannot shape such fine glass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SKILLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SKILLESS
2 longer words begin with SKILLESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SKILLESS
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Common questions about SKILLESS
- Is SKILLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SKILLESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SKILLESS worth?
- SKILLESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SKILLESS mean?
- Lacking skill; clumsy or untrained at a task.
- What letters can be added to SKILLESS?
- No single letter can be added to SKILLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SKILLESS:
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