TOILSOME is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TOILSOME 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 TOILSOME?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOILSOME is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOILSOME
No single letter turns TOILSOME into another word.
How TOILSOME scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TOILSOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOILSOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TOILSOME mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Requiring hard, tiring effort over a long time.
Toilsome suggests labour that wears the body out, such as clearing a field by hand or a long climb. It is a literary word, and it carries more weariness than simply difficult does.
How TOILSOME is used
Toilsome appears in literary writing about hard work and long journeys.
- The toilsome climb took most of the day.
- They cleared the toilsome fields by hand.
- Years of toilsome labour had bent his back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOILSOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOILSOME
3 longer words begin with TOILSOME.
Shorter words from the letters in TOILSOME
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Common questions about TOILSOME
- Is TOILSOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOILSOME, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOILSOME worth?
- TOILSOME is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOILSOME mean?
- Requiring hard, tiring effort over a long time.
- What letters can be added to TOILSOME?
- No single letter can be added to TOILSOME to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TOILSOME:
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