WITLESS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. WITLESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WITLESS?
| 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 WITLESS 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 WITLESS
No single letter turns WITLESS into another word.
How WITLESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in WITLESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 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 WITLESS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lacking intelligence, sense or good judgment.
Calling a person or plan witless is sharper than calling it merely slow, because it suggests there was no thought behind it at all. The phrase scared witless, meaning terrified, is its best-known fixed use.
How WITLESS is used
Witless describes foolish people or actions and appears in the idiom scared witless.
- It was a witless remark that offended everyone in the room.
- The film is full of witless characters who ignore every warning.
- The noise in the dark scared her witless.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WITLESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WITLESS
3 longer words begin with WITLESS.
Shorter words from the letters in WITLESS
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Common questions about WITLESS
- Is WITLESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WITLESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WITLESS worth?
- WITLESS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WITLESS mean?
- Lacking intelligence, sense or good judgment.
- What letters can be added to WITLESS?
- No single letter can be added to WITLESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of WITLESS:
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