SMARMINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SMARMINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SMARMINESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SMARMINESS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SMARMINESS
No single letter turns SMARMINESS into another word.
How SMARMINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SMARMINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SMARMINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SMARMINESS
- SMARMINESS 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 SMARMINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An unpleasantly flattering, falsely earnest manner that seems insincere.
Smarminess is the oily charm of a salesman or a politician who tries too hard to be liked. Readers feel it immediately, even when they cannot say exactly why.
How SMARMINESS is used
Informal and negative; used about speech and manner.
- His smarminess put off every customer in the shop.
- There was a hint of smarminess in the host's greeting.
- The interview was full of smarminess and empty praise.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SMARMINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SMARMINESS
1 longer words begin with SMARMINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SMARMINESS
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Common questions about SMARMINESS
- Is SMARMINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SMARMINESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SMARMINESS worth?
- SMARMINESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SMARMINESS mean?
- An unpleasantly flattering, falsely earnest manner that seems insincere.
- What letters can be added to SMARMINESS?
- No single letter can be added to SMARMINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SMARMINESS:
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