WIFELINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. WIFELINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIFELINESS?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIFELINESS is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIFELINESS
No single letter turns WIFELINESS into another word.
How WIFELINESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in WIFELINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WIFELINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WIFELINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The quality of behaving as a good wife is traditionally expected to behave.
Wifeliness belongs to older writing, where it praised devotion, thrift and homemaking. A modern reader is likely to find wifeliness dated, and most writers now avoid it.
How WIFELINESS is used
Archaic and now rare; seen in Victorian-style prose.
- The novel admired her patient wifeliness.
- Victorian guides praised wifeliness above all virtues.
- Her wifeliness showed in a thousand small cares.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIFELINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIFELINESS
1 longer words begin with WIFELINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in WIFELINESS
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Common questions about WIFELINESS
- Is WIFELINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIFELINESS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIFELINESS worth?
- WIFELINESS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIFELINESS mean?
- The quality of behaving as a good wife is traditionally expected to behave.
- What letters can be added to WIFELINESS?
- No single letter can be added to WIFELINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of WIFELINESS:
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