SULKINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SULKINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SULKINESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SULKINESS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SULKINESS
No single letter turns SULKINESS into another word.
How SULKINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SULKINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SULKINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SULKINESS
- SULKINESS 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 SULKINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A mood of silent, resentful bad temper.
Sulkiness usually follows a disappointment or a telling-off and shows itself in silence and refusal to join in. Parents see a lot of sulkiness in teenagers, and it tends to fade once the cause is forgotten.
How SULKINESS is used
Sulkiness is a mild, slightly critical word for a display of bad mood.
- His sulkiness lasted all through dinner.
- The child's sulkiness vanished when the ice cream arrived.
- Nobody enjoyed the sulkiness of the losing team.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SULKINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SULKINESS
1 longer words begin with SULKINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SULKINESS
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Common questions about SULKINESS
- Is SULKINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SULKINESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SULKINESS worth?
- SULKINESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SULKINESS mean?
- A mood of silent, resentful bad temper.
- What letters can be added to SULKINESS?
- No single letter can be added to SULKINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SULKINESS:
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