WINLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WINLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WINLESS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WINLESS is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WINLESS
No single letter turns WINLESS into another word.
How WINLESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WINLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 514,646.
What does WINLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having not won a single game, match or contest.
Sports reporters reach for winless when a team or player has gone a whole run of fixtures without victory. It is usually tied to a stated stretch, such as a season or a month, and it hints at pressure on the coach.
How WINLESS is used
Winless is common in sports reporting, usually describing a team over a given period.
- The club remained winless after ten matches.
- A winless season cost the manager his job.
- They travelled home winless from the tournament.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WINLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in WINLESS
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Common questions about WINLESS
- Is WINLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WINLESS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WINLESS worth?
- WINLESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WINLESS mean?
- Having not won a single game, match or contest.
- What letters can be added to WINLESS?
- No single letter can be added to WINLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WINLESS:
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