SOTTISHNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SOTTISHNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SOTTISHNESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOTTISHNESS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOTTISHNESS
No single letter turns SOTTISHNESS into another word.
How SOTTISHNESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SOTTISHNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 4 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SOTTISHNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SOTTISHNESS
- The letter S appears four times in SOTTISHNESS.
- SOTTISHNESS 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 SOTTISHNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
The condition of being foolish or stupefied through habitual drinking.
Sottishness paints a drinker as dulled and silly rather than merely cheerful. The word is old-fashioned and judgemental, found in older novels and essays on vice.
How SOTTISHNESS is used
Archaic; used with a tone of disapproval.
- The squire's sottishness was the talk of the village.
- Years of sottishness had ruined his memory and his fortune.
- The preacher warned against sottishness and idleness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOTTISHNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SOTTISHNESS
1 longer words begin with SOTTISHNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SOTTISHNESS
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Common questions about SOTTISHNESS
- Is SOTTISHNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOTTISHNESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOTTISHNESS worth?
- SOTTISHNESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOTTISHNESS mean?
- The condition of being foolish or stupefied through habitual drinking.
- What letters can be added to SOTTISHNESS?
- No single letter can be added to SOTTISHNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SOTTISHNESS:
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