SURLINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SURLINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SURLINESS?
| 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: 23 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SURLINESS is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SURLINESS
No single letter turns SURLINESS into another word.
How SURLINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SURLINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SURLINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SURLINESS
- SURLINESS 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 SURLINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bad-tempered, unfriendly manner, shown by short answers and a sullen face.
Surliness is what you meet at a counter when the clerk clearly wants you gone. It is rudeness that is grumpy rather than loud, and it often comes across in tone more than in actual words.
How SURLINESS is used
Describes a person's gruff, ill-humoured way of speaking or behaving toward others.
- The waiter's surliness put us off returning to the restaurant.
- He answered every question with open surliness.
- Behind her surliness was simple exhaustion.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SURLINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SURLINESS
1 longer words begin with SURLINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SURLINESS
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Common questions about SURLINESS
- Is SURLINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SURLINESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SURLINESS worth?
- SURLINESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SURLINESS mean?
- A bad-tempered, unfriendly manner, shown by short answers and a sullen face.
- What letters can be added to SURLINESS?
- No single letter can be added to SURLINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SURLINESS:
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