TRISTFULNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TRISTFULNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRISTFULNESS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRISTFULNESS is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRISTFULNESS
No single letter turns TRISTFULNESS into another word.
How TRISTFULNESS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in TRISTFULNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRISTFULNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRISTFULNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
A mood of quiet sadness and sorrow.
Tristfulness is an old literary word, closer to melancholy than to sharp grief. A poet might describe the tristfulness of an autumn evening or a farewell.
How TRISTFULNESS is used
Archaic; seen mainly in poetry and older prose.
- A deep tristfulness settled over the empty house.
- The song is full of gentle tristfulness.
- He could not shake off his tristfulness after the news.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRISTFULNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRISTFULNESS
1 longer words begin with TRISTFULNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in TRISTFULNESS
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Common questions about TRISTFULNESS
- Is TRISTFULNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRISTFULNESS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRISTFULNESS worth?
- TRISTFULNESS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRISTFULNESS mean?
- A mood of quiet sadness and sorrow.
- What letters can be added to TRISTFULNESS?
- No single letter can be added to TRISTFULNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of TRISTFULNESS:
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