SWARTNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SWARTNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWARTNESS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWARTNESS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWARTNESS
No single letter turns SWARTNESS into another word.
How SWARTNESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SWARTNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SWARTNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SWARTNESS
- SWARTNESS 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 SWARTNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
The quality of having a dark, dusky or swarthy complexion.
Old writers described the swartness of a face tanned by sun or wind. The word has fallen out of ordinary use and survives mostly in older books and deliberate period style.
How SWARTNESS is used
Rare and old-fashioned; you will find swartness in literature, seldom in speech.
- The swartness of his skin showed years spent at sea.
- She remarked on the swartness of the stranger's brow.
- The poem lingers on the swartness of the harvest workers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWARTNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SWARTNESS
1 longer words begin with SWARTNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in SWARTNESS
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Common questions about SWARTNESS
- Is SWARTNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWARTNESS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWARTNESS worth?
- SWARTNESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWARTNESS mean?
- The quality of having a dark, dusky or swarthy complexion.
- What letters can be added to SWARTNESS?
- No single letter can be added to SWARTNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SWARTNESS:
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