TAMENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TAMENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAMENESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAMENESS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAMENESS
No single letter turns TAMENESS into another word.
How TAMENESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TAMENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAMENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TAMENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The condition of being gentle and used to people, or of being dull and lacking excitement.
Visitors are often struck by the tameness of squirrels in a city park. A critic may also complain about the tameness of a film that plays safe.
How TAMENESS is used
Tameness can describe animals or the lack of daring in a work.
- The tameness of the deer surprised us.
- Reviewers lamented the tameness of the sequel.
- Years of feeding had led to the fox's tameness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAMENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TAMENESS
1 longer words begin with TAMENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in TAMENESS
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Common questions about TAMENESS
- Is TAMENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAMENESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAMENESS worth?
- TAMENESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAMENESS mean?
- The condition of being gentle and used to people, or of being dull and lacking excitement.
- What letters can be added to TAMENESS?
- No single letter can be added to TAMENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TAMENESS:
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