TINTLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TINTLESS 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 TINTLESS?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TINTLESS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TINTLESS
Front hooks — 1
stintlessBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How TINTLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TINTLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TINTLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TINTLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no tint or colour.
Tintless suggests something drained of any shade, like a glass pane, a face after a shock, or a washed-out sky. It is rarer than colourless and carries a slightly poetic tone.
How TINTLESS is used
Tintless is an uncommon descriptive adjective, found mostly in careful or literary prose.
- The tintless liquid in the flask looked exactly like water.
- A tintless dawn spread over the empty harbour.
- He preferred a tintless varnish that let the grain of the wood show.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TINTLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TINTLESS
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Common questions about TINTLESS
- Is TINTLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TINTLESS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TINTLESS worth?
- TINTLESS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TINTLESS mean?
- Having no tint or colour.
- What letters can be added to TINTLESS?
- TINTLESS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TINTLESS:
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