WELTSCHMERZ is a valid Scrabble word — 30 points
Yes. WELTSCHMERZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 30 points in Scrabble and 32 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WELTSCHMERZ?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WELTSCHMERZ is to know. It scores 30 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WELTSCHMERZ
No single letter turns WELTSCHMERZ into another word.
How WELTSCHMERZ scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in WELTSCHMERZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WELTSCHMERZ has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WELTSCHMERZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A weary sadness caused by the gap between the world as it is and the world as one imagines it should be.
The German term entered English through Romantic literature. Weltschmerz is not grief over a personal loss; it is a general, drifting melancholy about life itself, and it is often attributed to young poets and philosophers.
How WELTSCHMERZ is used
A borrowed German word used in literary or reflective writing.
- The novel is soaked in the weltschmerz of its young hero.
- A touch of weltschmerz settled over him as he read the news.
- Her poems carry a quiet weltschmerz rather than anger.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WELTSCHMERZ and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WELTSCHMERZ
1 longer words begin with WELTSCHMERZ.
Shorter words from the letters in WELTSCHMERZ
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Common questions about WELTSCHMERZ
- Is WELTSCHMERZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WELTSCHMERZ, where it scores 32 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WELTSCHMERZ worth?
- WELTSCHMERZ is worth 30 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WELTSCHMERZ mean?
- A weary sadness caused by the gap between the world as it is and the world as one imagines it should be.
- What letters can be added to WELTSCHMERZ?
- No single letter can be added to WELTSCHMERZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of WELTSCHMERZ:
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