VENIALNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. VENIALNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VENIALNESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VENIALNESS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VENIALNESS
No single letter turns VENIALNESS into another word.
How VENIALNESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in VENIALNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VENIALNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VENIALNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The quality of being minor enough to be forgiven or excused.
Venialness belongs to the vocabulary of moral theology, where a lapse can be light rather than gravely wrong. Outside that setting the venialness of a fault simply means it is easy to pardon.
How VENIALNESS is used
Venialness is a rare abstract noun, found mostly in theological or highly formal discussions of guilt.
- The priest spoke of the venialness of the small lie.
- Nobody disputed the venialness of his oversight.
- She argued for the venialness of the offence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VENIALNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VENIALNESS
1 longer words begin with VENIALNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in VENIALNESS
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Common questions about VENIALNESS
- Is VENIALNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VENIALNESS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VENIALNESS worth?
- VENIALNESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VENIALNESS mean?
- The quality of being minor enough to be forgiven or excused.
- What letters can be added to VENIALNESS?
- No single letter can be added to VENIALNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of VENIALNESS:
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