WOODENNESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. WOODENNESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WOODENNESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WOODENNESS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WOODENNESS
No single letter turns WOODENNESS into another word.
How WOODENNESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in WOODENNESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WOODENNESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WOODENNESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Stiffness and lack of natural ease in movement, speech, or acting.
Critics point to the woodenness of an actor whose lines sound rehearsed and whose face shows little feeling. The word can also describe awkward, unbending writing. It takes the picture of a plank of wood to suggest something without flexibility.
How WOODENNESS is used
Used by reviewers and teachers about stiff performances, speeches, or movements.
- The woodenness of his delivery put the audience to sleep.
- Critics complained about the woodenness of the dialogue.
- She worked hard to lose the woodenness in her dancing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WOODENNESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WOODENNESS
1 longer words begin with WOODENNESS.
Shorter words from the letters in WOODENNESS
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Common questions about WOODENNESS
- Is WOODENNESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WOODENNESS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WOODENNESS worth?
- WOODENNESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WOODENNESS mean?
- Stiffness and lack of natural ease in movement, speech, or acting.
- What letters can be added to WOODENNESS?
- No single letter can be added to WOODENNESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of WOODENNESS:
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