SONLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SONLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SONLESS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SONLESS is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SONLESS
No single letter turns SONLESS into another word.
How SONLESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SONLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,737 thousand.
What stands out about SONLESS
- SONLESS 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 SONLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no son; without any male child.
Sonless is often used in stories about inheritance, where a family line or a title depends on a male heir. It states a plain fact about a parent and carries a note of loss or worry.
How SONLESS is used
Sonless is uncommon and appears in historical, biblical or inheritance contexts.
- The sonless king worried about who would rule next.
- She was a widow, sonless and alone.
- The estate passed to a cousin because the earl died sonless.
- A sonless farmer had no one to take over the land.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SONLESS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SONLESS
The 7 tiles of SONLESS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SONLESS
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Common questions about SONLESS
- Is SONLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SONLESS, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SONLESS worth?
- SONLESS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SONLESS mean?
- Having no son; without any male child.
- What letters can be added to SONLESS?
- No single letter can be added to SONLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SONLESS:
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