TAWNINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TAWNINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAWNINESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAWNINESS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAWNINESS
No single letter turns TAWNINESS into another word.
How TAWNINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TAWNINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAWNINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TAWNINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of having a warm yellowish-brown colour, like tanned leather or a lion's coat.
The tawniness of an animal's fur helps it blend into dry grass. Painters and writers use the word when they want a golden brown that is soft rather than dark.
How TAWNINESS is used
Descriptive and slightly literary; tawniness names the colour as a quality.
- The tawniness of the lioness hid her in the long grass.
- Autumn gave the hills a tawniness that glowed at dusk.
- He admired the tawniness of the aged violin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAWNINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAWNINESS
The 9 tiles of TAWNINESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TAWNINESS
1 longer words begin with TAWNINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in TAWNINESS
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Common questions about TAWNINESS
- Is TAWNINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAWNINESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAWNINESS worth?
- TAWNINESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAWNINESS mean?
- The quality of having a warm yellowish-brown colour, like tanned leather or a lion's coat.
- What letters can be added to TAWNINESS?
- No single letter can be added to TAWNINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TAWNINESS:
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