SPLEENFUL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SPLEENFUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLEENFUL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPLEENFUL is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLEENFUL
No single letter turns SPLEENFUL into another word.
How SPLEENFUL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SPLEENFUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPLEENFUL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPLEENFUL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Bad-tempered, spiteful or peevish.
Spleenful comes from the old idea that the spleen was the seat of anger and gloom. It turns up in older literature for a person in a sour, irritable mood.
How SPLEENFUL is used
Spleenful is dated and mainly literary.
- The spleenful old man scolded every passer-by.
- He sent a spleenful reply to the committee.
- A spleenful mood hung over the household.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLEENFUL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPLEENFUL
1 longer words begin with SPLEENFUL.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLEENFUL
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Common questions about SPLEENFUL
- Is SPLEENFUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLEENFUL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLEENFUL worth?
- SPLEENFUL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLEENFUL mean?
- Bad-tempered, spiteful or peevish.
- What letters can be added to SPLEENFUL?
- No single letter can be added to SPLEENFUL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SPLEENFUL:
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