TERRIBLENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. TERRIBLENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TERRIBLENESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TERRIBLENESS is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TERRIBLENESS
No single letter turns TERRIBLENESS into another word.
How TERRIBLENESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in TERRIBLENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TERRIBLENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TERRIBLENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being extremely bad, dreadful or frightening.
Terribleness can describe weather, a smell, a deed or a performance that is awful to the point of shock. It stresses how bad something is, more than how often. Writers choose terribleness when awfulness feels too mild.
How TERRIBLENESS is used
Terribleness is an abstract noun, often followed by of and the thing described.
- The terribleness of the storm kept the village indoors.
- Nothing prepared him for the terribleness of the news.
- Critics mocked the sheer terribleness of the acting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TERRIBLENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TERRIBLENESS
1 longer words begin with TERRIBLENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in TERRIBLENESS
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Common questions about TERRIBLENESS
- Is TERRIBLENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TERRIBLENESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TERRIBLENESS worth?
- TERRIBLENESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TERRIBLENESS mean?
- The quality of being extremely bad, dreadful or frightening.
- What letters can be added to TERRIBLENESS?
- No single letter can be added to TERRIBLENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of TERRIBLENESS:
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