WORDINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. WORDINESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WORDINESS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WORDINESS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WORDINESS
No single letter turns WORDINESS into another word.
How WORDINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in WORDINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WORDINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about WORDINESS
- The same 9 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WORDINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The habit of using more words than are needed to make a point.
Editors cut wordiness first, because trimming it makes a paragraph clearer without changing its meaning. Legal documents and committee reports are common offenders.
How WORDINESS is used
Used as a criticism of writing and speech that rambles.
- The wordiness of the report hid its main finding.
- Her essay suffered from wordiness.
- A good editor will remove wordiness without losing the voice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WORDINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WORDINESS
The 9 tiles of WORDINESS in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with WORDINESS
1 longer words begin with WORDINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in WORDINESS
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Common questions about WORDINESS
- Is WORDINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WORDINESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WORDINESS worth?
- WORDINESS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WORDINESS mean?
- The habit of using more words than are needed to make a point.
- What letters can be added to WORDINESS?
- No single letter can be added to WORDINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of WORDINESS:
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