TENTLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TENTLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENTLESS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENTLESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENTLESS
No single letter turns TENTLESS into another word.
How TENTLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TENTLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TENTLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TENTLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no tent.
Tentless is what a camper or a refugee is when the shelter is missing, so the word suggests exposure to rain and wind. It is a plain compound that turns up in travel stories more than in official reports.
How TENTLESS is used
Tentless describes people or places without a tent, usually in camping or survival contexts.
- The tentless hikers slept under a rocky overhang.
- We arrived at the festival tentless and had to borrow a spare one.
- A tentless night in the mountains taught him to pack more carefully.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENTLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TENTLESS
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Common questions about TENTLESS
- Is TENTLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENTLESS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENTLESS worth?
- TENTLESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENTLESS mean?
- Having no tent.
- What letters can be added to TENTLESS?
- No single letter can be added to TENTLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TENTLESS:
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