STARCHINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. STARCHINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STARCHINESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STARCHINESS is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STARCHINESS
No single letter turns STARCHINESS into another word.
How STARCHINESS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in STARCHINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STARCHINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about STARCHINESS
- STARCHINESS 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 STARCHINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of containing starch, or of being stiff and overly formal.
In cooking, the starchiness of a potato affects whether it turns out fluffy or waxy. In manner, starchiness describes someone prim and stiff, as though their collar were too heavily stiffened.
How STARCHINESS is used
Used both for food and for formal, stiff personalities; the starchiness of a shirt or a person is the same idea.
- The starchiness of the rice made it sticky.
- Nobody enjoyed the starchiness of the old headmaster.
- Rinsing the potatoes reduces their starchiness before frying.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STARCHINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STARCHINESS
1 longer words begin with STARCHINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in STARCHINESS
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Common questions about STARCHINESS
- Is STARCHINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STARCHINESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STARCHINESS worth?
- STARCHINESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STARCHINESS mean?
- The quality of containing starch, or of being stiff and overly formal.
- What letters can be added to STARCHINESS?
- No single letter can be added to STARCHINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of STARCHINESS:
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