SPURLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPURLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPURLESS?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPURLESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPURLESS
No single letter turns SPURLESS into another word.
How SPURLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPURLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPURLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPURLESS
- SPURLESS 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 SPURLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no spurs, whether on a rider's boots or on the leg of a bird or the base of a flower.
Spurless can describe a knight who has not yet earned his spurs, a rooster whose leg spur has been lost, or a flower whose petal has no hollow projection. It is a plain descriptive word for something missing that is normally present.
How SPURLESS is used
Spurless is a descriptive word used in riding, bird-keeping and botany.
- The spurless rider urged his horse on with his heels alone.
- A spurless cockerel is no threat to the other birds.
- The botanist noted that the violet was spurless.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPURLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPURLESS
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Common questions about SPURLESS
- Is SPURLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPURLESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPURLESS worth?
- SPURLESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPURLESS mean?
- Having no spurs, whether on a rider's boots or on the leg of a bird or the base of a flower.
- What letters can be added to SPURLESS?
- No single letter can be added to SPURLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPURLESS:
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