VILENESS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VILENESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VILENESS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VILENESS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VILENESS
No single letter turns VILENESS into another word.
How VILENESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VILENESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VILENESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about VILENESS
- The same 8 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VILENESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being morally wicked or extremely unpleasant.
Writers reach for this noun when disgust is strong, whether about a crime, a smell or a character. Vileness is harsher than rudeness or unpleasantness and rarely sounds playful.
How VILENESS is used
Vileness describes moral corruption or sensory repulsiveness.
- The vileness of the plot shocked the whole town.
- Nobody could ignore the vileness of the smell in the cellar.
- The novel dwells on the vileness of greed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VILENESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VILENESS
The 8 tiles of VILENESS in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with VILENESS
1 longer words begin with VILENESS.
Shorter words from the letters in VILENESS
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Common questions about VILENESS
- Is VILENESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VILENESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VILENESS worth?
- VILENESS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VILENESS mean?
- The quality of being morally wicked or extremely unpleasant.
- What letters can be added to VILENESS?
- No single letter can be added to VILENESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VILENESS:
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