Is BARRENNESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, BARRENNESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does BARRENNESSES mean?
Barrennesses is a form of BARRENNESS.
- noun
the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
- noun
the quality of yielding nothing of value
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
17
Words With Friends
12
Letters
B (3) + A (1) + R (1) + R (1) + E (1) + N (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for BARRENNESSES
BARRENNESSES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from BARRENNESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- barenesses12
- barrenness12
- nearnesses10
- rarenesses10
- bareness10
- baseness10
- branners10
- ensnarers9
- banners9
- barrens9
- bearers9
- branner9
- brasses9
- rebases9
- ensnarer8
- ensnares8
- nearness8
- rareness8
- rennases8
- saneness8
- sneerers8
- banner8
- barren8
- barres8
- basser8
- basses8
- bearer8
- bennes8
- rebars8
- rebase8
- sabers8
- sabres8
- earners7
- ensnare7
- erasers7
- reearns7
- rennase7
- sarsens7
- seeress7
- serener7
- serenes7
- snarers7
- sneerer7
- banes7
- banns7
- barer7
- bares7
- barns7
- barre7
- baser7
- bases7
- beans7
- bears7
- beers7
- benes7
- benne7
- beses7
- braes7
- brans7
- brass7
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