WINGLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WINGLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WINGLESS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WINGLESS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WINGLESS
No single letter turns WINGLESS into another word.
How WINGLESS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WINGLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WINGLESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WINGLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having no wings, or only tiny useless ones.
Zoologists use wingless for creatures that never developed wings, such as fleas, and also for birds or insects that lost them over time. Figuratively, a wingless person or plan simply cannot take off.
How WINGLESS is used
Applied to animals, insects, or machines that lack wings, and sometimes to a figure of speech.
- A flea is a wingless insect that gets about by jumping.
- The kiwi is a wingless bird of New Zealand in all but tiny stubs.
- The toy plane looked sad and wingless after the crash.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WINGLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WINGLESS
The 8 tiles of WINGLESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WINGLESS
2 longer words begin with WINGLESS.
Shorter words from the letters in WINGLESS
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Common questions about WINGLESS
- Is WINGLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WINGLESS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WINGLESS worth?
- WINGLESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WINGLESS mean?
- Having no wings, or only tiny useless ones.
- What letters can be added to WINGLESS?
- No single letter can be added to WINGLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WINGLESS:
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